Chernobyl drama: #2 Duga radar

The woodpecker, the nickname given to the Duga, a shortwave band military radar, which could be received all over the world (76-89). The Duga was born with the intention of creating a radar system that would be able to detect a possible missile attack by the United States. Obviously today, with radar technology but above all satellite technology, such a system would be totally useless.Being under the Duga makes you feel very small.. I wanted to photograph it because the Duga is now being dismantled, and it will no longer be possible to see it. It is a beast 150 meters high, 90 meters wide and 900 meters long.

The radio signal was a source of many speculations, such as theories about weather and mind control from the Soviets.

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Sensō-ji Temple

Sensō-ji Temple

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