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Elmendorf Air Force Base
This "Elephant Cage" in Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska is part of the DOD World Wide High Frequency Direction Finding System. More information on the system is availble from the Federation of American Scientists. Thanks: Gabe
Space Shuttle
More spaceships! We've already posted Cape Canaveral, but it's worth noting that you can also see a space shuttle with its boosters lying nearby, as well as the vehicle assembly building where they put all this stuff together. Jim Thompson…
Johnson Space Center, Houston
Damn, that's a big ol' rocket! It's a Saturn V Rocket at the Johnson Space Center. Glen Vigus said: The Saturn V rockets were used to launch the Apollo missions to the moon from 1968 to 1972. The Saturn V…
Yankee Stadium, Bronx
The Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, NY is where the New York Yankees play. Thanks: Django
Hotel Del Coronado
On the beach near the Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego there are some mini sand dunes that spell out "Coronado". Thanks: Jonathan, Steve Searer & others
Looking at them listening to us
The 70 metre DSS-14 Deep Space Antenna was built by NASA in 1966 and services radio and radar astronomy projects, as well as occasionally tracking long-distance spacecraft. Apparently it weighs nearly 6 million pounds (2,721,554 kilos). Thanks: Bill
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