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ivan4th
Some of the pics I took in that place (in the mountains & taiga near Lake Teletskoe): http://i.imgur.com/2DwEDg5.jpg http://i.imgur.com/3ISH2C9.jpg http://i.imgur.com/1ymYIbk.jpg http://i.imgur.com/Vl1pmIz.jpg
ivan4th
BTW asked our guide if any of his acquaintances were scavenging this stuff, he said smth like "some did... all of them are already dead"
orbital-decay
Probably to scare you out :) These seem to be the Souyz debris (green/gray painting), not too dangerous I imagine. Proton-M remains are completely different story though.
ivan4th
These particular pieces may not be dangerous, but some other pieces people could find could be with a higher level of contamination. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsymmetrical_dimethylhydrazin...
mxvzr
Wouldn't the harmful stuff eventually dissipate? How long would one have to wait to safely scavenge a booster sitting in the open?
PeterisP
It's not possible to safely scavenge a booster sitting in the open, because by the time it could be dissipated it will long be scavenged unsafely by someone else.
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myth_drannon
Maybe he read "Roadside picnic" novel recently and mixed reality with fantasy.
hirzel
Thank you! That reading left me hungry for pictures.
wwosik
So Roadside Picnic (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadside_Picnic) vel Stalker is a documentary after all?
teh_klev
Ha! I was thinking that as well.
trhway
it was inspired by the Japan Kwantung Army vast fortifications in Manchuria where the older brother served in the years after WWII. There are a lot of other places in Russia which do feel like Stalker though.