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I visited Bodie on June 6th, 2006, an amazing experience. The topography is amazingly lovely in June with clear skys at 8,000 feet and far enough from cities that polute. There is, of course, something erry about being in a ghost town, even on a clear, windless day. It some how reminded me of Pompeii in that peaking through the windows one sees so many things that were left in the midst of living life to the ravages of time. Ann Privateer

[edit] Lens distortion

This image contains a large amount of wide-angle lens distortion. It could be fixed in Photoshop very quickly. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Elb2000 (talk • contribs) 01:33, 9 March 2007 (UTC).

I uploaded a lens-distortion corrected image: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b7/Bodie_ghost_town_corrected.jpg

[edit] Ghost town?

Is this really from a Ghost town? The house looks in remarkably good shape. Aaron Bowen 17:19, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

From Bodie, California:

"The town was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961, and in 1962 it became Bodie State Historic Park. Today, Bodie is preserved in a state of arrested decay. Only a small part of the town survives. Visitors can walk the deserted streets of a town that once had a population of over 10,000 people. Interiors remain as they were left and stocked with goods. Bodie is open all year, but the long road that leads to it is usually closed in the winter due to heavy snowfall, so the most comfortable time to visit is during the summer months."

IvoShandor 07:15, 10 March 2007 (UTC)