The sea lashed out angrily at the boat and waves threatened to throw me overboard, but my mind was instantly quieted by the painting unfolding before me. What a sight to behold! The sky imagining a world of its own, breathing new life into the desolate rock of Hashima.

My grip tightened around the camera and I squeezed the trigger until the camera’s buffer was completely full. After two day’s shooting, we couldn’t have asked for a better send-off from our old friend. Goodbye Gunkanjima, until we meet again.