Russia

Bear Lake Radio Telescope

This is the Bear Lake Radio Telescope outside of Moscow, and for such a big thing it was incredibly hard to track down any information about it. Initially I had no idea what it was called, but after some extensive…

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Wednesday, 19th October 2005

Coca-Cola

Two factories of the Coca-Cola company. The first is in St. Petersburg, Russia and the other is somewhere in Germany. Thanks: Max & Bilbo

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Sunday, 31st July 2005

More Scotch Tape

Remember our giant piece of Scotch Tape holding Canada together? Well our ever-helpful readers have since turned up several more pieces of this gargantuan sticky-tape… Firstly we have this enormous length of tape, which is actually holding Ghana and Ivory…

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Monday, 25th July 2005

The Kremlin

This is the Moscow Kremlin, which is commonly referred to simply as The Kremlin (which in Russian means ‘citadel’). The complex is the seat of Russian power, as it serves as the official residence and principal workplace of the President…

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Monday, 4th July 2005

Soviet Shuttle

This is the real ‘Buran’ Soviet shuttle in Gorky Park, Moscow. Well, nearly real anyway, it’s actually a prototype vehicle designed for static tests. The Soviet shuttle program began in 1976 as a response to the United States equivalent (Soviet…

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Thursday, 30th June 2005

Ostankino Tower

The best shadow yet is that of Ostankino TV Tower in Moscow, it’s absolutely huge. On completion in 1967 it was the tallest free-standing structure in the world; however, the CN Tower in Toronto overtook it in the 1970′s. In…

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Saturday, 25th June 2005
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