because it means they exist in higher res somewhere :) 

http://www.lunaran.com/pics/octoporno/

No idea what they say, but 'octoporno' is caution. (ps it's not really 'octoporno') 

1. no smoking
2. zone
3. strictly prohibited to enter during the work of the machine
4. Caution: 360V
5. CIVIL DEFENCE: The complex of measures for protection of population, wealth and culture values on the Russian Federation territory i case of the danger caused by the war actions
<Vondur> something like that (b0rked translation but hope u got the idea)

6. Spare parts for the correction module
7. alot of "Responsible for the machine: name"
8. Shower only for the workers of the trolleybus park. Show your pass.
9. Dacha N1. Responsible Tarasov
10. Zone for conservation and reconservation
11. Zone for documents packing and unpacking
12. To Finland railway station
13. Keep your work place tidy.
14. Potable water
15. Shelter
16. LAboratory. Unauthorized persons not admitted 

Octoporno!
360 tentacles 

http://www.rackham-store.com/boutique_us/fiche_produit.cfm?type=760&ref=THCH02&code_lg=lg_us&pag=1&num=48 

anyone else think of the sealab2021 episode with the stimutacs? :D 

http://mendesco.com/ruins.htm 

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Santorini

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santorini 

http://www.zahkunst.net/mainpage.htm
Some more industrial photos 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/telstar/sets/56935/

I've only been to a few of these places. There are also a lot of them in Puget Sound up in Washington State, and probably many other places along the west coast of the US. 

http://www.derelictlondon.com/

i thought this had been run through here, but a search tells me no. So here it is, shitty site layout, but some gems inside. 

http://home.f01.itscom.net/spiral/research.html

more i didnt see posted already.

japanese derelict stuff 

http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/abandoned/ 

http://www.opacity.us/gallery87_wrecks.htm

lun - seriously 

http://www.makingplaces.org/index.htm 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/catinatree/sets/72157594211456736/ 

http://www.mountainsanatorium.net/ 

http://thenonist.com/index.php/thenonist/permalink/hot_library_smut/ 

those hot libraries are really cool. i should have seen this page before! very inspiring for arcane project. 

http://www.enuii.com/vulcan_foundry/the_works/interior.htm 

Pictures of the Yucca Mountain Project (construction of a nuclear waste storage site): http://www.ocrwm.doe.gov/info_library/newsroom/photos/index.shtml

My favorite pic: http://www.ocrwm.doe.gov/info_library/newsroom/photos/images/ym_14452_300dpi.jpg

Found on this site, which collects links to US Government websites that contain public domain photos: http://www.unclesamsphotos.com/ 

a really cool door =)

Thanks for sharing. 

Great pics metl.
DaZ, that's not a door, it's a tunneling machine, use the same type to make subway tunnels and stuff. 

Can't you see it's a gigantic donut? 

http://fantastic.library.cornell.edu/viewall.php (found on drawn blog)

I'd love to see a game with graphics in the style of these pics - there is something very haunting and horrible about them that I love.