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Old Soviet Death-Ray Gun, Kazakhstan [PIC]

Thursday, October 30, 2008

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Old Soviet Death-Ray Gun, Kazakhstan [PIC]

Dominating the Kazakhstan skyline, like a giant death-ray gun from a sci-fi movie is a decrepit, rusting radioastronomy tower. The photograph was taken at Tien Shan Astronomical Observatory (GAISH) near the Great Almaty Lake, which sits at 2800m altitude. It’s obviously a good place for stargazing as there are three observatories in total in the Almaty region.

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