Secret atomic testing base still has secrets to tell…
Sleepy Orford Ness. In the background the multi£m US cold-war listening complex - Cobra Mist
I recently spent a day exploring the large area of essentially shingle and marsh off the coast of Suffolk, known as Orford Ness. A natural spit of land created as oblique waves slowly moved the beach into the sea and now a nature reserve under the control of the National Trust. But in between it was the site of cutting-edge military research and testing.
Boarding a small boat from the quaint seaside village of Orford, with its castle, agreeable restaurants and specialist food emporiums, the (literally) three minute water crossing takes you to another world.
Despite its quiet and desolate beauty, many of the part-destroyed buildings remain still largely intact but spread across acres of flat, but eerily wavy, shingle; an attraction for my interest in documenting shapes, details and textures.
All images shot with Fuji X-Pro2 and 23mm 1.2.