The Blue Lakes near Svitlovodsk owe their color not to some natural anomaly, but to sand mining: the complex of three (some sources say four) …
The Blue Lakes Near Svitlovodsk: Sand Quarries Passing Themselves Off as the Maldives
Kirovohrad Oblast
Benchyk’s Mill in Ternivka — a 130-Year-Old Granite “Castle” on the Syniukha, With Lavender Nearby
In villages, it’s usually not palaces that disappear. It’s the useful things — the ones that worked every day. Benchyk’s Mill is exactly that kind …
Morozivka Coal Cut — a Stretch of Steppe Sliced in Two and Left to Flood
The Kirovohrad region is usually associated with fields, sunflowers, and a flat horizon line. Which is exactly why what appears near Pantaivka looks unreal. Not …