Visualizing the estimated timeline of early human migration. Published in A walk through Time. TEST 2
Jeff Blossom
Every hundred miles Paul Salopek pauses to record the landscape and a person he meets, assembling a global snapshot of humankind. TEST 2
Every hundred miles Paul Salopek pauses to record the landscape and a person he meets, assembling a global snapshot of humankind. TEST 2
We were trying to get off the highway. We were tired of walking among the speed zombies. The side trail led through a pretty little village of whitewashed walls and poplar trees whose elongated boughs rocked in the autumn wind. The alleys were pleasingly crooked. The surface of the world underfoot became softer, friendlier, loamy. Then the path led us right back to the highway.
A wraparound soundscape at this Milestone
This Milestone’s location on a map
Photos of the ground under Paul’s feet and the sky above at this Milestone
A brief question and answer with the first person Paul meets at this Milestone
Shoira Kholbayeva
Maintenance worker at a women’s clinic, age 45
Who are you?
I clean the women’s clinic.
Where do you come from?
I just dumped my kitchen garbage over there.
Where are you going?
Back to my house. Everything is good here. We’re all working, trying to improve our lives.
Observations from social media from the Milestone location
In this area, some people are celebrating Halloween, while others welcome autumn’s arrival. A tourist quotes the Sufi poet Rumi in one of her photos: “Either be close enough to keep you, or far away to be forgotten!”
A video showing the landscape around this Milestone
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