Reflections on Past, Present and Future

I see the plaster casts as something like natural 1st century photographs (although I'm not sure if there are any human remains still inside - at least one of them had something that looked like a skull showing). It was certainly odd watching children and bored tourists wandering around casually next to some poor soul in their last moments.

I guess today, you might get similar reactions with footage of the Hindenburg fire or the Challenger explosion playing in the background, but it's a lot more confronting when you can see individual pain and facial expressions.