Paradise Lost in Our Midst

Paradise Lost in Our Midst 

“All is not lost, the unconquerable will, and study of revenge, immortal hate, and the courage never to submit or yield.” ― John Milton, Paradise Lost

Dr Abe V Rotor

       The endangered Philippine deer enshrined in a fountain at UST, Manila. 

Photo by the author

Skull of whale (Museum of Natural History, UPLB Laguna); whole trunks 

of forest trees carried down by flood on Fuerte Beach, Ilocos Sur 

 Cattle ranch on a steep slope, ripped skin 

of Cordillera mountain, Santa, Ilocos Sur. avr

  Sunken town of Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija, resurfaces during 

an extreme drought in 1979.  Photo by the author on a helicopter

Sunken pier, Puerto Sto Domingo, Ilocos Sur, photo avr. 

                                           Shipwreck, Tacloban, Leyte. photo avr

 

 Ruin of Intramuros, Manila, left by WWII 60 years after. avr

 Death of trees and forests is happening all over the world. avr

 Berlin wall falls, Germany is united again in 1989, after 45 years. Internet

"The time has come now, when man must give up war. It is no longer rational 

to solve international problems by resorting to war."  - Albert Einstein

                     

Atomic bomb obliterates Hiroshima and Nagasaki cities on August 6 and 9, 1945, 

 ends WWII, kills more than 200,000 mostly civilians. Internet photos

“Long is the way and hard, that out of Hell leads up to light.”
― John Milton, Paradise Lost