Kazakhstan

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Image of Baikonur Cosmodrome located in Kosmodrom Baykonur, Kazakhstan | Rollout of the Soyuz rocket for the Expedition 21 mission, September 28, 2009.
Kosmodrom Baykonur, Kazakhstan

Baikonur Cosmodrome

World's oldest and largest space launch facility, once a secret missile testing site

"Dear friends, known and unknown to me, my dear compatriots and all people of the world! Within minutes from now, a mighty Soviet rocket will boost my ship into the vastness of outer space. What I... »

Strange Science, Instruments of Science, Retro-Tech | Edited by Trevor and Dylan

Image of The Aral Sea located in Kazakhstan | One of many fishing ships now without fish
Kazakhstan

The Aral Sea

Rusting ships sit in a desert where a sea used to be

A man made environmental disaster has left a once-great sea dry, the land polluted, and the locals inundated with disease. The destruction of the Aral Sea is a strange legacy of the US Civil War,... »

Watery Wonders, Ghost Towns, Disaster Areas, Long Now Locations | Edited by Annetta and Dylan

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