Photos from Week 2 |
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Bisbee Inn. I stayed here while in Bisbee
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Lavender Pit / Queen Mine. Switchbacks going down into the pit. Remember, these are for giant mining engines and they are huge.
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The bottom of the pit mine. God damn huge as Meteor Crater! I need a wider lens for my camera.
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Missiles at the White Sands Missile Test Range
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More missiles at the White Sands Missile Test Range |
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| Even more missiles at the White Sands Missile Test Range |
Still more missiles at the White Sands Missile Test Range |
Flying Saucer like one recovered at Roswell. White Sands Missile Test Range |
Sign at entry to White Sands. Oooh Scary.
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Rock Shop in Bingham. The day I was there, July 14, 1999, was the 54th anniversary of the Trinity test. Photo of Allison & me outside her store.
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Another of same. You can buy Trinitite here.
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National Atomic Museum in Albuquerque
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Fat Man casing. |
Little Boy casing. |
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| A big, fat, early model, implosion type, fission bomb |
A-bomb backpack |
Davy Crocket: King of the wild frontier |
One of the H-bombs that fell out of the B-52 over Spain. Bonk! |
Bet ya didn't know that Walleye bombs could have a nuke warhead. |
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| All the parts to a sub launched MIRV ICBM. |
Titan II ICBM |
Rear view of Titan II motors. |
Side view of Titan II motors. |
B-52 bomb bay "Target in sight! where the hell is Major Kong!". |
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| One of the tractors for the 280 mm Atomic Cannon. |
The cannon section. |
The other tractor. |
The 280 mm Atomic Cannon in oblique view. |
Closeup of Atomic Cannon breach |
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Row of non-ballistic nuclear missiles
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Whee!
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Oil refinery at night outside Port Arthur, TX. Beautiful by night.
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Another shot of the same refinery from a different viewpoint.
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Oil refinery at night outside Nonco, LA. Looking one way we see a huge flame from a tall chimney.
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Looking the other way we see a veritable city of pipes.
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Note about Austin, TX |
Inside the shop of Stella Dottir in New Orleans, LA. She sells very interesting hand made gothic clothing
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Outside the shop of Stella Dottir in New Orleans, LA.
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A bolt of lightning from a sudden storm. A couple of blocks north of Stella Dottir's store. |
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The Crystal. One of New Orleans' only gothic/industrial hangouts.
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Lookin' for Sam & Max at a Stucky's
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Air Force Armament Museum at Eglin AFB near Longwood Florida. Too bad I got there just at closing time. SR-71 nose view. Bet ya didn't know they have an air intake in the nose (it's the pitot tube and it's about an inch in diameter).
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SR-71 canopy. |
SR-71 nose landing gear. Unlike at Pima you can just walk right up and touch it. |
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| SR-71 side view with museum in back |
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