heat island
In the waning day, following the coast from Belgium to France through a tiled countryside. Transmission towers repeating into the distance like iron men in the sky.
These cables have their origin a few kilometres to the north at the Gravelines Nuclear Power Station, one of the world's largest. Six reactor cores hum away and warm the waters of the North Sea.
A titanium dioxide factory glimmering with Mars light. Minutes later, the salt airs of Calais, our stop for the evening.