Gora Lazareva

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Image of Novaya Zemlya located in Gora Lazareva, Russia | The mushroom cloud caused by the Tsar Bomba explosion. (Wikimedia Commons)
Gora Lazareva, Russia

Novaya Zemlya

Site of the world's largest nuclear explosion

At first glance, the barren landscape of Novaya Zemlya (Russian for New Land) might not seem like the sort of place where anything interesting has ever happened. But its remote location and small... »

Intriguing Environs, Disaster Areas | Edited by PaperTiger, Nicholas Jackson and others

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