Two Landscapes

US-MEXICO Border in San Luis del Rio Grande. The border is the central line; a second wall , on american soil (left of image) helps to secure the area (Google Earth, edited by RG)

This aerial view, taken in San Luis del Rio Grande, has been widely published as an example of the madness introduced by borders: where once stood a continuous landscape, now the line draws two opposed worlds: a sandy dessert and a dense urban fabric, almost glued to the wall: only a thin road separes the  houses from the actual border.