end of days update 23/03/2008

end of days

Atafona/ Estado do Rio/ litoral norte
Atafona/ Rio de Janeiro State/ north shore
Brasil/ Brazil 2008

O Pontal de Atafona, que abrigou um comunidade de pescadores no passado, viu nas ultimas decadas suas ruas sumirem, serem comidas pelo mar. A destruicão inclui
a vila (os pescadores foram relocados), uma igreja, um farol e dezenas de casas de veraneio. Isso aconteceu devido a sua localização, exatamente na foz do rio Paraíba do sul; esse rio possui o estuário do tipo delta, como um leque, e por isso móvel. Numa escala de tempo geológica, provavelmente o local já foi coberto d`agua e agora o processo se repete, neste bate-bôca entre o rio e o mar.

Atafona is located right at the mouth of Paraiba do Sul river, north coast of Rio de Janeiro state. This little village (at least the very tip at the river`s mouth, the fishermen`s community) has been for decades destroyed by natural causes. The river's estuary is a delta type, and very dynamic: it keep changing, moving, there`s no fixed mouth...in a geological time, of course!
In the last twenty-five years, the sea came back with vengeance, destroying the fishermen's village (they were relocated), the summerhouses, and even a church, and a lighthouse, about 10 blocks total; and it's far from over! Perhaps it's taking back what the land conquered in the past. It's cyclical, part of a bigger process.

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