Those who are allowed to venture into the exclusion zone with scientific guides look out over a haunting, silent sea of gray. It is a literal modern-day Pompeii.
Beneath the hardened earth, cash registers still sit full of coins, office desks are frozen in time, and dinner plates rest on tables crushed by tons of rock.
It serves as a breathtaking and chilling reminder that no matter how permanent our cities feel, the Earth always has the final say.
