From the column 'Photos From Beyond'Yucca Mountain is the proposed site for the long-term storage of nuclear waste which has resulted in some of the most fascinating debates in modern semiotics from the Human Interference Task Force. How will we design warning signs that will last 10,000 years into the future and serve as readable to any future iterations of living humans speaking a language that can't be imagined today? How will the warning signs for the waste site signify extraordinary mortal danger without also enticing curious humans to explore the site to find out what is there? The site itself is a massively long tunnel and hole inside the mountain.
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Donkey and mural in Beatty, NV near the Yucca Mountain site.
Abandoned building near airstrip just outside of Beatty, NV.
Abandoned mine near, Beatty, NV.
Decaying boat found on the roadside near the Yucca Mountain waste site.
Entryway to Yucca Mountain waste site.
VW on Highway 95 near Amargosa Valley, on the way to Yucca Mountain.PHOTOS BY: Erik Tanner