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"\nRalph Mirebs has a hobby that takes him to some extreme locations: He loves exploring the ruins of his native Russia. We've previously featured his photos of the abandoned Soviet space shuttle and the Energia rocket, but now he's back with a new industrial ruin exploration: an abandoned communications facility. \nThe facility is located near Anadyr, in the eastern end of Russia across the ocean from Alaska (where the sea widens, rather than where Sarah Palin could see the country from her front porch.) Mirebs says on his blog it was the former site of a tropospheric research center nicknamed Yukon that closed its doors in 2003.\nWhat remains is rotting satellite dishes and antennas plus piles of industrial equipment and appliances. Basically, all the makings of a sci-fi/horror movie set. The place has the same beauty as many a fallen industrial ruin, a stark way in which nature reclaims a once top-of-the-line facility. Check out the whole set here. \n\n\n"
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