STILL PHOTOGRAPHIC SEQUENCE:
From very high
altitude—possibly in orbit—an eagle’s-eye view of a remote village
in mountainous country. Mud-brick houses huddle together beneath a
craggy outcrop; goats graze nearby.
In the second
photograph, something has rolled through the village leaving a
trail of devastation. The path is quite unlike the trail of damage
left by an artillery bombardment: something roughly four meters
wide has shaved the rocky plateau smooth, wearing it down as if
with a terrible heat. A corner of a shack leans drunkenly, the
other half sliced away cleanly. White bones gleam faintly in the
track; no vultures descend to stab at the remains.