Places people have changed

A white data center with glowing cyan and green light strips sits on a paved pad above the shore, its rooftop cooling fans breathing out steam. Shiny steel, copper and blue pipes run out from it in rows across the water…

A huge closed book lies on the grey stone hillside. Its cover is weathered grey with one glowing red apple circle and a single red flower on top, the only bright colour in a pale, washed-out scene. Gentle snow drifts do…

You can barely see the sand on this beach. It's covered edge to edge with rainbow umbrellas, beach towels, bouncing balls and tents, and crowds of people jostle along the shore. Boats crowd the water, a striped lifeguar…

A black-flagged pirate galleon rocks in a sunset cove, a rowboat beached beside it. On the sandy clearing a red-coated captain with a green parrot stands over an overflowing gold chest and an X marking the spot, near a…

A tall bronze lattice tower in the style of the Eiffel Tower stands on a flattened desert plateau, its arched legs and spire rising above the rocks. Halfway up, a huge green brute in torn purple trousers grips the iron…

A huge cream-colored mall stands on a wide paved terrace cut into the forested slope. It has a glass dome, a glowing red sign and a tall yellow pylon. Shoppers wander between rows of colorful parked cars, and just beyon…

The goats have chewed this land down to bare dunes, and now they wander between dead trees, nibbling and leaping onto the junk left behind. A rusty siege cannon, scattered wheels, cannonballs and split crates still poin…

A grey stone castle with four corner towers and a tall keep stands on a sandy rise. One tower is on fire and smoke rolls into a smoky orange sky. Red-eyed apes rush the gate past a broken battering ram, while cacti dot…

A colossal violet whale with glowing cyan speckles rises from the dark shallows, spouting luminous mist. Overhead a magenta twilight sky, stars and teal aurora bathe the water.

One dark timber A-frame cabin sits on a stone base. Its steep roof is thick with snow, a brick chimney sends up gentle smoke, and a big golden glass gable glows above a dark front door. A small stone patio and wooden de…

Dozens of glowing paper lanterns bob gently above a dark, still lagoon, their warm light flickering on the water. Two small boats drift among them, willows lean over the shore, and tiny sparks rise slowly into the starr…

The hills are traced with a glowing pink grid and cyan contour lines under a deep violet sky. A huge striped sun sets behind the ridge, dark pyramids glow at their edges, and hot-pink palm trees sway nearby.

A ring of tilted marble columns rises from golden shallows, the stone rippling with dancing patterns of water light. A great arch marks the entrance, fallen columns lie half sunk, and on the central altar a golden knot…

Great islands of grey stone hang in the bright sky, their surfaces traced with runes that pulse teal. The largest carries a slim tower and a few pines and spills a waterfall into mist below, while small stones circle th…

Green curtains of aurora ripple across a starry night sky above a snowy hollow, where the snow glitters underfoot and a frozen pond glows pale blue. Ice crystals jut from the drifts, snow deer roam the edges, and two te…

Crystals glowing violet and cyan push up between twisted, magical trees, around a great pulsing crystal heart with a small shard floating above it. Fireflies drift through the dusk, and a ring of glowing pink mushrooms…

A river of molten lava fills a deep rift in black basalt, and the rock around it is laced with cracks that pulse orange. Embers rise through the smoky red air, charred trees stand on the western slope, and shards of obs…

Huge translucent jellyfish float above the twilight water, pulsing pink and cyan, their long tendrils swaying beneath them. Glowing specks hang in the air, bright fish dart below the surface, and a striped lighthouse on…

A tall obelisk shimmers with shifting rainbow colors inside a ring of marble columns, and three bright gems circle it in slow orbits. Sparks drift up from the ring, and lantern posts line a short path through a field of…