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Today’s photo is a rather grim one. These are the ruins of the gas chamber and crematorium at the Birkenau Concentration Camp (Auschwitz II). They were demolished in January 1945 by Nazis before retreating. A guard tower can be seen in the distance. Over a million people were killed here; more than 90% were Jewish.
On the edge of the Prince William Sound, Whittier is one of Alaska’s many odd towns. Most Whittier residents live in the one building (Begich Towers Condominium) shown in the bottom of today’s photo. From another angle in town, it appeared that the waterfall was running directly into (or under I guess) this building.