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TIBOR’S TRACTOR

Saturday, May 15th, 2010

Location: Near Dubov, Ukraine What is it about the tractor that symbolizes the former Soviet Union? This shot of a tractor near Dubov in Western Ukraine makes me think of harvest on the steppes. [DCM] Do you have a farm implements story…? Just kidding! However… comments below.


GONE FISSION: A Visit To Chernobyl

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

It looks like a baby monitor, but the beeping device that tour guide Dennis Zaburin clutches in his hand monitors radiation. The digits on the dosimeter’s display change rapidly, indicating rising and falling danger. Other than the beeps, our footsteps are the only sounds we hear, multiplied as they echo off the abandoned buildings that [...]