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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jurek" data-source="post: 3385399" data-attributes="member: 3357">Such industrial landscapes are common in the Netherlands... Rubbish dump at Guwahati, Assam. 40oC in full sun, so rots like a hell, and lots of poor people picking whatever they want. And Greater Adjutant storks circling like pterosaurs. I used to birdwatch on a local rubbish dump in Poland with students from the forestry bird club, who had permission to enter. They called the unidentified rotten smelly black granules oozing out from below 'black caviar'. There were also interesting things to be seen there (besides Glaucous Gulls). Apparently people throw away lots of good and quite expensive stuff: books, casettes, CDs, toys, clothing, barely opened packets of food etc. Once there was a particularily big packet of bubble gum, barely opened and not dirty at all, just laying on top of the rubbish. It attracted attention of one of the younger students.'Wow, the best and most expensive bubble gum! When I was a child, I could hardly afford it. And not dirty at all, maybe I should take it... it is all in wrappings anyway, and wrapped in second layer again...''Still, this is rubbish tip...''I know! I take it and will give it to friends!'</blockquote>