Take a look around the extraordinary derelict island featured in the James Bond movie 'Skyfall'

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Flickr/Kevin Dooley

Few people cared about the derelict Japanese island of Hashima until 2012, when its crumbling piers and abandoned apartment buildings were used as a backdrop for the secret island in the James Bond movie "Skyfall."

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One photographer, Kevin Dooley, has documented the entire island - and it's pretty spectacular.

People first settled Hashima because of nearby coal resources. The Mitsubishi Group bought the island in 1890 to use it as a base for coal extraction from the sea.

Dooley used Google Street View to find and capture some of the most enchanting parts of the old factory. It gives everyone a chance to tour where more than 5,000 people once lived and worked.