Three Gorges Photos - Standing Ground - Gazing on Old Wanzhou - People are watching and staring everywhere at the quickly changing landscape. - Nov. 2002

Standing Ground

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Three Gorges Photos - Standing Ground - Wanzhou - Over three quarters of this sprawling city will be flooded. The pinging sounds of hammers and chisels echo everywhere. - June 2002 Three Gorges Photos - Standing Ground - Gazing on Old Wushan - Curious eyes watch in awe or frustration as the old cities evaporate. - Nov. 2002 Three Gorges Photos - Standing Ground - Pingxiba - Eleventh hour break from planting the last harvest on the family plot . - Oct. 2002
Three Gorges Photos - Standing Ground - Wanzhou 2 - In this condemned neighborhood, a few residents have stayed until the last possible moment. - June 2002 Three Gorges Photos - Standing Ground - Fuling - 500 kilometers from the dam site, only a skeleton of a building remains on the waterfront as a way is cleared for a massive barrier wall to retain the rising Yangtze waters. - Dec. 2001 Three Gorges Photos - Standing GroundGazing on Old Wushan 2 - The new city of Wushan is located just above the old, though it will soon be just above water. - Dec. 2001