Sputnik 2 Anniversary

Posted by Miss Cellania in Animal, Music, Video Clips on November 3, 2009 at 6:13 pm


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Fifty-two years ago today (November 3, 1957), Sputnik 2 launched from the Soviet Union with a dog named Laika {wiki} on board. It was a tremendous political coup for the USSR to launch a living being into orbit. Unfortunately it wasn’t so tremendous for Laika, as they made no plans for her to ever return to earth. Several stories were told of how long Laika survived in space, but the full story was finally revealed in 2002. Laika only lived a few hours before the stress and heat did her in. Her remains orbited the earth for five months until the capsule burned up on re-entry in April of 1958. In honor of the anniversary, here’s Space Doggity by Jonathon Coulton.  -via Metafilter

Update: The video footage is from the song Moan by Trentemøller. -Thanks, waldemar!

 
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450 Powerful Pictures from Chernobyl

Posted by Queuebot in Pictures, Travel & Places on July 16, 2009 at 8:09 pm


Swiss decay photographer Timm Suess just published a travel journal through the Chernobyl zone of exclusion. The whole collection includes 450 powerful HDR images, all Creative Commons-licensed. Videos and sounds too.

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Strange Brick Icicles

Posted by Queuebot in Travel & Places on February 11, 2009 at 1:40 pm


These odd formations found inside an abandoned Russian fortress are apparently the result of the Russian Army testing their alternative to napalm. The heat generated from the napalm was so intense it melted the actual bricks in the building, forming these creepy icicle like things dripping from the ceiling.

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