The Morannon and Mordor today.
Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2017 4:28 pm
Well, it's been many umpty thousands of the years of our world since Barad-Dur fell, but the Tower of Light that the Elves set up on the former site of the Dark Tower can still be seen through the ruins of the Morannon, when the moon is in just the right phase and the wind blows from the west. I chanced to stumble upon the site quite by accident whilst on a prospecting expedition in Southern Nevada. Here is what I saw:
The Morannon has been completely eroded by time, and stripped of any recyclable metals. The only artifacts lying about were a few old orkish stone tool fragments. The only things that grow here are sagebrush and a few struggling shrubs. But through the gap in the hills you can see the Tower of Light that forever comemmorates the heroic deeds done to cleanse darkness once and for all from Middle-earth. Beyond the Tower of Light you can just make out through the smokes and steams the smouldering pile of rubble that is all that remains of the extinguished Orodruin. Here is a closeup showing the Tower of Light more clearly. It is so bright with the awesome power of Eru that the eye can scarcely stand to gaze directly up on it in person.
The Morannon has been completely eroded by time, and stripped of any recyclable metals. The only artifacts lying about were a few old orkish stone tool fragments. The only things that grow here are sagebrush and a few struggling shrubs. But through the gap in the hills you can see the Tower of Light that forever comemmorates the heroic deeds done to cleanse darkness once and for all from Middle-earth. Beyond the Tower of Light you can just make out through the smokes and steams the smouldering pile of rubble that is all that remains of the extinguished Orodruin. Here is a closeup showing the Tower of Light more clearly. It is so bright with the awesome power of Eru that the eye can scarcely stand to gaze directly up on it in person.