Environmental Graffiti

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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Soviet Space Shuttle Makes Record Trip

As the American Space Shuttle fleet grinds achingly towards retirement, it’s only fitting that the Soviet shuttle Buran would be making one of the longest journeys in its 20-year history. An engineering model abandoned in a park. Image from therefromhere on Flickr

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