AN/FPS-24 Radar Tower, Mt. Umunhum, Los Gatos, CA, 2024.All the pixels, with no interference to TV reception, at flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/53#photography

A large monolith-like building, with vents but no windows, atop the summit of a mountain.
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[–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

I have mixed feelings about these cold war relics. On the one hand, they're artifacts of what was perhaps humanity's most dangerous folly to date, locking the world in a deadly game where the stakes only went up with each round. This doesn't seem like something to commemorate or celebrate.On the other hand, these objects, many now destroyed or decayed, serve as visible evidence of just how close to oblivion we are willing to go. And looked at from the right angle, they have stories to tell.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    @mattblaze In St. Petersburg (the Russian one), they have kept some of the damages from when the German army shelled the city in world war II. There is a plaque there as well as a reminder:tracesofwar.com/sights/107628/

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