orfordness
number stations and rainbow codes -
we thought the cold war had ended and the west had won
and the world would be a safer place
but we were wrong
#orfordness #coldwar #numberstations #rainbowcodes #suffolk
East Anglian Pastoral #3 - Brown Bunny (oil on canvas 50cm x 40cm)
Brown Bunny was the unofficial Rainbow Code name for the development during the Cold War of a nuclear land mine at Orford Ness in Suffolk.
Thankfully, it never made it off the drawing board...
#BrownBunny #orfordness #rainbowcode
"Black and white landscape photograph showing an abandoned or incomplete fence with weathered concrete posts arranged in a row across an open, grassy field. In the foreground right stands a deteriorating petrol pump. The scene features dramatic cumulus clouds against a dark sky, with flat marshland or coastal terrain stretching to the horizon, where distant buildings and trees are visible. The composition emphasizes themes of decay, abandonment, and the stark beauty of desolate landscapes."
5/5 Orford Ness #infrared
An old petrol pump and the ever present fences posts without a fence on #OrfordNess .
#fullspectrum. #Olympus EM1ii; #590nm clip-in filter; PanaLeica 12-60mm f2.8-4
#ir #photography #classicmono #scape #BlackAndWhite
A weathered brick structure stands abandoned in an overgrown grassland beneath a dramatic sky filled with billowing cumulus clouds. The building, partially collapsed with crumbling walls and a deteriorating roof, features a dark doorway opening into its interior. To the right, the skeletal remains of a fence structure stretch across the landscape, its posts tilted at various angles. Wild grasses and vegetation have reclaimed the area, swaying in the foreground while distant trees line the horizon. The black and white treatment emphasizes the stark textures and the sense of desolation in this rural scene.
3/5 Orford Ness #infrared
A ruined hut and fences posts without a fence on #OrfordNess .
#fullspectrum. #Olympus EM1ii; #590nm clip-in filter; PanaLeica 12-60mm f2.8-4
#photography
#blackandwhite
#classicmono
#suffolk
A dramatic black and white landscape photograph capturing a vast, windswept plain stretching toward the horizon under heavy, brooding storm clouds. In the foreground, rough grassland shows weathered tracks or paths cutting through the terrain, with a solitary fence post standing at an angle. The middle distance reveals what appear to be fortified structures or military installations silhouetted against the turbulent sky. The composition emphasizes the stark contrast between light and shadow, with breaks in the dense cloud cover allowing shafts of light to illuminate patches of the landscape below, creating a moody, atmospheric scene that conveys both the remoteness and raw power of nature in this exposed setting.
3/5 Orford Ness #infrared
Looking towards the buildings used in the nuclear programme to develop the conventional explosive triggers.
#fullspectrum. #Olympus EM1ii; #590nm clip-in filter; PanaLeica 12-60mm f2.8-4
#photography #blackandwhite #classicmono #suffolk #orfordness
A view over boats in the foreground out to Orford Ness. Sunshine is glowing through a broken cloudscape.
#OrfordNess #NationalTrust
We need to make sure we keep these views available to as many people as possible
View through a square window of four panes over a seaside shingle bank.
Last one from Orford Ness on 22nd July, I'm going to need more buildings with a variety of interesting windows. #FensterFreitag #OrfordNess
View through a narrow slot over a seaside shingle bank under a blue cloudy sky with a small brick building in the foreground.
Does an Orford Ness bird hide count as a window... Yes. #FensterFreitag #OrfordNess
Oblique view through a square window to a seaside shingle bank.
If it's Fenster Freitag it must be Orford Ness #FensterFreitag #OrfordNess
Bomb ballistics building on Orford Ness @nationaltrust.org.uk
No-one knows what this circle was for, it was installed in the 1960s & was probably something to do with bombs @nationaltrust.org.uk
Inside Lab ?1 also known as The Green Chapel @nationaltrust.org.uk
The pagodas on Orford Ness as viewed from Orford Quay. The "pagodas" at Orford Ness are distinctive, pagoda-like concrete structures that served as part of a Cold War-era atomic weapons testing facility. These structures were actually test cells designed to simulate the conditions a bomb might experience before detonation, including vibration, extreme temperatures, and shocks. They were also designed to contain an explosion, with roofs intended to collapse and the surrounding shingle to help absorb the blast. @nationaltrust.org.uk
Orford Ness, on the Suffolk coast, is Europe’s largest vegetated shingle spit. It was once a secret military testing site for radar & weapons during both World Wars and the Cold War. Today, it’s a unique nature reserve, home to rare plants, marshland birds and historic military buildings #OrfordNess
Weathered turquoise fuel pump stands abandoned on barren ground in foreground, with wooden fence posts, golden marsh grasslands, and distant village buildings including a prominent tower visible under overcast sky.
5/5 #OrfordNess
A disused petrol pump
Orford Ness on the #Suffolk coast. @NationalTrust, @orfordnessnt
#Olympus OM1 12-100mm f4
#photography
#landscape
#newtopographics
#LandscapePhotography
Oblique view through a window to a concrete road across a shingle bank under a blue cloudy sky.
Another one from Orford Ness for #FensterFreitag #OrfordNess
4/5 #OrfordNess
Looking into one of the ruined buildings once used for atomic weapons research (though it was the non-radioactive side).
Orford Ness on the #Suffolk coast. @NationalTrust, @orfordnessnt
#Olympus OM1 12-100mm f4
#photography #urbex #abandoned
apocalypse..............................................................
#OrfordNess
@nationaltrust.org.uk
“seeing the light”
#greyscale #StreetSnapping #punk.street.pics #MonochromeLife #graffiti
#streetphotography #UrbanStreetSnaps #black&white #StreetLife #urbanstreetart
3/5 #OrfordNess
I like the way that the two poles - one long, one short - lean away from each other as nature reclaims them both.
Orford Ness on the #Suffolk coast. @NationalTrust,
#photography
#landscape
#newtopographics
#LandscapePhotography
2/5 #OrfordNess
Another left over from its weapons research years at Orford Ness on the #Suffolk coast. @NationalTrust, @orfordnessnt
#Olympus OM1 12-100mm f4
#photography #landscape #newtopographics #LandscapePhotography
1/5 #OrfordNess -
a former weapons research site on the #suffolk coast. It's the end of a long spit of land best reached by boat. It's now @NationalTrust, It's bleak and remote, and I love it. Nature/history.
The antennae are still used by a private company.
#photography #LandscapePhotography
View through a rectangular window to a seaside shingle bank under a cloudy blue sky.
Orford Ness again. There were a lot of different window styles and you're going to see several of them. #FensterFreitag #OrfordNess
View through a multi paned window to a seaside shingle bank under a cloudy blue sky.
Another from Orford Ness Tues 24 Jul #FensterFreitag #OrfordNess
John Harvey, Notes on East Anglia II (July 19-25, 2025)
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#travelogue #Ely #Hasketon #BuryStEdmunds #OrfordNess #atomicweapons #Woodbridge #SuttonHoo #Aldeburgh #Norwich #London #supernatural #churches #JulianOfNorwich #cathedrals #AberUniversity
View through a window to a shingle bank with the sea in the distance and a short black tower.
I have a few of these from last Tuesday at Orford Ness, saving them up one a week. #FensterFreitag #OrfordNess
A view out onto the shingle at Orford NESs, with two pagodas in the background.
#OrfordNess #NationalTrust
Orford Ness is unique. There is truly no other place like it.
Haunting Orford Ness on the Suffolk coast. The site acquired by War Department in 1913 & used until 1980s for weapons testing & experimental military work. Included work in 1930s which led to development of radar. In 1950s site used for work on Atomic Bomb
#ntorfordness #orfordness #coldwar
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Visiting this morning A Haunting Strip of Marshland. You should go there #drewmulholland #psychogeography #orfordness
Summer clouds above the sun-baked landscape at Orford Ness
#OrfordNess #NationalTrust
Another beautiful day at the Suffolk coast.
Orford Ness never disappoints
Clouds, beach. Not much else, really.
A quick watercolour sketch to capture the stormy skies at Orford Ness, Suffolk, on Saturday.
#watercolour #watercolor #WatercolourArt #art #skies #sky #weather #clouds #LandscapePainting #LandscapeArt #suffolk #orford #OrfordNess #NationalTrust #NT #NationalTrustEastOfEngland
Somewhat fuzzy and scratchy image of an old military building on a beach.
Black Beacon, Orford Ness, Suffolk.
#AcrylicArt #acrylics #acrylic #art #painting #buildings #HistoricBuildings #LandscapePainting #LandscapeArt #orford #OrfordNess #NationalTrust #NationalTrustEastOfEngland
