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Welcome to Void Station. The bridge lights are bac Welcome to Void Station. The bridge lights are back on after so long, and the machine is ready to travel again. Do you know where it is you want to go? Field Report No. 89 • Lost Gondola Station • Surveyed by the Alpine Expeditionary Force: Office of Derelict Gondolas, Funiculars, and Cablecars • Bureau Archive Filing Indices: #bureau_of_exploration #urbex #longexposure #longexpo #lightpainting #nightphotography #astrophotography #abandonedplaces #forgottenplace #abandonedearth #ghosttown
Starships to strange new worlds Field Report No. Starships to strange new worlds Field Report No. 89 • Lost Gondola Station • Surveyed by the Alpine Expeditionary Force: Office of Derelict Gondolas, Funiculars, and Cablecars • Bureau Archive Filing Indices: #bureau_of_exploration #urbex #urbexphotography #urbexworld #abandonedplaces #forgottenplace #abandonedearth #ghosttown
The mundanity of the everyday is an illusion. Ther The mundanity of the everyday is an illusion. There are worlds without end, hidden in the labyrinthine depths of the tunnels, in the elysian heights of the rooftops, in the abandoned spaces which have lost defined societal purpose and now become shrines to liminality. Do not be deceived. There are so many other universes all around us, hiding in plain sight Field Report No. 89 • Lost Gondola Station • Surveyed by the Alpine Expeditionary Force: Office of Derelict Gondolas, Funiculars, and Cablecars • Bureau Archive Filing Indices: #bureau_of_exploration #urbex #urbexphotography #lightpainting #longexpo #forgottenplace #ghosttown #longexposure
Adventures of the Interdimensional Space Station Adventures of the Interdimensional Space Station Field Report No. 89 • Lost Gondola Station • Surveyed by the Alpine Expeditionary Force: Office of Derelict Gondolas, Funiculars, and Cablecars • Bureau Archive Filing Indices: #bureau_of_exploration #urbex #urbexphotography #nightphotography #longexpo #lightpaint #lightpainting
The future is written in the clouds Field Report The future is written in the clouds Field Report No. 89 • Lost Gondola Station • Surveyed by the Alpine Expeditionary Force: Office of Derelict Gondolas, Funiculars, and Cablecars • Bureau Archive Filing Indices: #bureau_of_exploration #urbex #urbexphotography #urbexworld #abandonedplaces #forgottenplace #abandonedearth #ghosttown
Distant places, hidden up where the sky grows thin Distant places, hidden up where the sky grows thin Field Report No. 89 • Lost Gondola Station • Surveyed by the Alpine Expeditionary Force: Office of Derelict Gondolas, Funiculars, and Cablecars • Bureau Archive Filing Indices: #bureau_of_exploration #urbex #urbexphotography #urbexworld #abandonedplaces #forgottenplace #abandonedearth #ghosttown
Zeppelin Control Room Field Report No. 89 • Los Zeppelin Control Room Field Report No. 89 • Lost Gondola Station • Surveyed by the Alpine Expeditionary Force: Office of Derelict Gondolas, Funiculars, and Cablecars • Bureau Archive Filing Indices: #bureau_of_exploration #urbex #urbexphotography #urbexworld #abandonedplaces #forgottenplace #abandonedearth #ghosttown
Field Report No. 89 • Lost Gondola Station • S Field Report No. 89 • Lost Gondola Station • Surveyed by the Alpine Expeditionary Force: Office of Derelict Gondolas, Funiculars, and Cablecars • Bureau Archive Filing Indices: #bureau_of_exploration #urbex #urbexphotography #urbexworld #abandonedplaces #forgottenplace #abandonedearth #ghosttown
Bureau Agent Voortrekker @sir_voortrekker on an ex Bureau Agent Voortrekker @sir_voortrekker on an expedition to the underworld. The mines call and we must answer Field Report No. 88 • Dream Ore Processing Site • Surveyed by Bureau Desert Command & Anomalies Investigation Unit with Agents @sir_voortrekker and Carto • Bureau Archive Filing Indices: #bureau_of_exploration #urbex #urbexphotography #urbexworld #abandonedplaces #forgottenplace #abandonedearth #ghosttown
A Happy Hallowmass from the Bureau of Exploration, A Happy Hallowmass from the Bureau of Exploration, especially from our Dimensional Maintenance Technicians & resident poltergeists @yorborgorgle and @dripandgold . The spirits call from the mines. Featuring photos and question iconography-weaving by Agent @dripandgold . Reported by the Bureau Samhain-Allhallowseve Ritual Festivities Channeling Committee & the Department of Dimensional Demonology. • Bureau Archive Filing Indices: #bureau_of_exploration #urbex #urbexphotography #urbexworld #abandonedplaces #forgottenplace #abandonedearth #ghosttown #bloom #blamo
Circuitbreaker remnants of the dimensional gateway Circuitbreaker remnants of the dimensional gateway. Fixed and arranged properly again, they’ll open a door to someplace else Field Report No. 88 • Dream Ore Processing Site • Surveyed by Bureau Desert Command & Anomalies Investigation Unit with Agents @voortrekkerphotography and Carto • Bureau Archive Filing Indices: #bureau_of_exploration #urbex #urbexphotography #urbexworld #abandonedplaces #forgottenplace #abandonedearth #ghosttown
One fine morning before the beginning of time. Fea One fine morning before the beginning of time. Featuring expeditionary gardener @sir_voortrekker , looking after the time-flowers right as they’re about to bloom Field Report No. 88 • Dream Ore Processing Site • Surveyed by Bureau Desert Command & Anomalies Investigation Unit with Agents @voortrekkerphotography and Carto • Bureau Archive Filing Indices: #bureau_of_exploration #urbex #urbexphotography #urbexworld #abandonedplaces #forgottenplace #abandonedearth #ghosttown #bloom #flowerphotography
Postcard from Another Dimension Field Report No. Postcard from Another Dimension Field Report No. 88 • The Chasm • Surveyed by the Bureau Void Cartography Commission with Agents @sir_voortrekker and Carto • Bureau Archive Filing Indices: #bureau_of_exploration #urbex #urbexphotography #urbexworld #abandonedplaces #conspiracy #conspiracytheory #mine #mining #forgottenplace #abandonedearth #earthwork #abandoned
The TAROT BUREAU was created by Bureau artists for The TAROT BUREAU was created by Bureau artists for the exploration of liminal spaces and the self. If you would like a deck, they are available at the Astral Arts Authority Shop (2nd link in our IG bio). Assigned to every Bureau Agent, the Tarot Bureau may be used for to investigate one’s own inner life, as well as be deployed while actively exploring to navigate a liminal space. Its template is the Rider-Waite-Smith deck, the origin of timeless tarot designs familiar to members of the public. In the Tarot Bureau explorers are portrayed as skeletons, both as a reminder of the intrinsic dangers of entering liminal spaces, and also to be representative of any human which walks these planes. In each card there is at least one emblem of the Bureau, and numerous astral creatures and travelers emerge throughout the deck. To yield additional information to the discerning reader, present in the cards are also astrological and aristotelean elemental symbols and various objects of importance to astral travel. These elements and their interpretation are explored in the Bureau-issued guidebook. DETAILS Consists of: - 78 cards - Box - Guidebook & Tarot Bureau spread instructions, issued by Bureau Oracular Command and the Astrological Advisory Committee • Bureau Archive Filing Indices: #bureau_of_exploration #urbex #abandoned #urbanexploration #tarot #tarotdeck #tarotreading #liminalspace
Ever since the rift opened, reality hasn’t been Ever since the rift opened, reality hasn’t been the same. Light behaves strangely, shadows are always off by just a few degrees, and you have an unending sense of déjà-vu. Somehow you know that down here, you’ll find the hollow core where the world caved in Field Report No. 88 • The Chasm • Surveyed by the Bureau Void Cartography Commission with Agents @sir_voortrekker and Carto • Bureau Archive Filing Indices: #bureau_of_exploration #urbex #urbexphotography #urbexworld #abandonedplaces #forgottenplace #abandonedearth #conspiracy #conspiracytheory
The TAROT BUREAU is the standard-issue field tarot The TAROT BUREAU is the standard-issue field tarot deck of the Bureau of Exploration, and was created by Bureau artists. If you would like a deck, they are available at the Astral Arts Authority Shop (2nd link in our IG bio). Assigned to every Bureau Agent, the Tarot Bureau may be used for to investigate one’s own inner life, as well as be deployed while actively exploring to navigate a liminal space. Its template is the Rider-Waite-Smith deck, the origin of timeless tarot designs familiar to members of the public. In the Tarot Bureau explorers are portrayed as skeletons, both as a reminder of the intrinsic dangers of entering liminal spaces, and also to be representative of any human which walks these planes. In each card there is at least one emblem of the Bureau, and numerous astral creatures and travelers emerge throughout the deck. To yield additional information to the discerning reader, present in the cards are also astrological and aristotelean elemental symbols and various objects of importance to astral travel. These elements and their interpretation are explored in the Bureau-issued guidebook. DETAILS Consists of: - 78 cards - Box - Guidebook & Tarot Bureau spread instructions, issued by Bureau Oracular Command and the Astrological Advisory Committee • Featuring photography and video help by @dripandgold and @yorborgorgle • Bureau Archive Filing Indices: #bureau_of_exploration #urbex #abandoned #urbanexploration #tarot #tarotdeck #meowwolf #tarotreading #liminalspace
The builders did a very good job making this world The builders did a very good job making this world, but they forgot to seal up some of the construction sites Field Report No. 88 • The Chasm • Surveyed by the Bureau Void Cartography Commission with Agents @sir_voortrekker and Carto • Bureau Archive Filing Indices: #bureau_of_exploration #urbex #urbexphotography #urbexworld #abandonedplaces #conspiracy #conspiracytheory #mine #mining #forgottenplace #abandonedearth #earthwork #abandoned
Bureau Agent @sir_voortrekker returned one day fro Bureau Agent @sir_voortrekker returned one day from their mission to the void realms, unexpectedly alive, but different. Their eyes hold a depth unreachable to those who have not glimpsed the veil. Their voice carries echoes of the infinite. They somehow evade object permanence- you feel that as soon as they’ve left the room, they surely have slipped between the dimensional walls back again into those strange lands. Field Report No. 88 • The Chasm • Surveyed by the Bureau Void Cartography Commission with Agents @voortrekkerphotography and Carto • Bureau Archive Filing Indices: #bureau_of_exploration #urbex #urbexphotography #urbexworld #abandonedplaces #forgottenplace #abandonedearth #liminalspace #backrooms
The Dimensional Badlands. A rift is developing bet The Dimensional Badlands. A rift is developing between worlds, and soon nothing shall be impossible. Featuring Bureau Agent and Void Cartographer @sir_voortrekker Field Report No. 88 • The Chasm • Surveyed by the Bureau Void Cartography Commission with Agents @sir_voortrekker and Carto • Bureau Archive Filing Indices: #bureau_of_exploration #urbex #urbexphotography #urbexworld #abandonedplaces #forgottenplace #abandonedearth #conspiracy #conspiracytheory
The tectonic plates have shifted. A new route to t The tectonic plates have shifted. A new route to the world beneath has opened. Featuring fellow Bureau Agent and Void Cartographer @sir_voortrekker Field Report No. 88 • The Chasm • Surveyed by the Bureau Void Cartography Commission with Agents @voortrekkerphotography and Carto • Bureau Archive Filing Indices: #bureau_of_exploration #urbex #urbexphotography #urbexworld #abandonedplaces #forgottenplace #abandonedearth #conspiracy #conspiracytheory
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