An eerie "Over-the-horizon" radar in the shadow of

[philtr]

Hope this isn't old news (I did a search) but I was reading up about Chernobyl the other day (as you do) and I spotted this - http://www.chornobyl.in.ua/en/chernobyl-2.htm . A huge metallic structure hidden in the woods nearby.

I also discovered some unexpected information. Nature in the Zone of Alienation near the reactor "seems to have not only survived, but flourished due to significant reduction of human impact. The zone has become a 'Radiological Reserve', a classic example of an involuntary park" (from Wikipedia).

In a bizarre way, 20 years after the accident, Chernobyl has become a beautiful place out in the country.

[bleak.]

what an eyesore! interesting read, thanks for the other links provided with it.

[iec]

woah! that's cool. thanks for sharing, very very interesting stuff =)

[turquoise70]

sweet find! i love surfing around informational websites. wikipedia is awesome and convenient but it doesn't have the character or the personality you encounter when you're just cruising around the internet looking at pages

[Cupz]

Awesome! Amazing that were still finding references after all those years

[Fredd-E]

Who wants to add the info to the bocpages? http://bocpages.org/wiki/Over_The_Horizon_Radar

go go go

[Earthbound]

Great find Philtr!

Thanks for sharing!
I guess BoC refers to this with the track 'over the horizon radar'.

[harpoon dodger]

Very innaresting!!!

[Moebius]

I wouldn't call that an eyesore, it's quite impressive.

[Totopatter]

FASCINATING

[747Music]

cool find.

[Mexicola]

There is a 3-D model of this on Google Earth now. Very impressive it is too. Was snooping around Chernobyl/Pripyat (as you do) and saw it off in the distance. At first I thought it was a graphics glitch! Check it out at:

51°18'23.29"N / 30° 4'3.86"E

I'd seen photos of this thing before, but I never realised it was so close to Chernobyl.

[ShammenDelly]

Nice work Finding this. Its give me some ideas about what music to make for a chernobyl documentary shammen delly are doing which i cant wait now. Fingers crossed the doc gets the thumbs up first

[Mexicola]

Nice work Finding this. Its give me some ideas about what music to make for a chernobyl documentary shammen delly are doing which i cant wait now. Fingers crossed the doc gets the thumbs up first

Hey - keep us updated on this please!

[Numerator]

fascinating stuff!
kind of sinister in a way for some reason as well

[Orange]

fascinating, thank for sharing

also interesting http://www.dirjournal.com/info/abandone ... the-world/

[23degreesdream]

great find - i had no idea of the origins of that track title. fascinating..

[mucephei]

That's probably the array responsible for the infamous "Woodpecker" signal on ~7000 kHz which was a blight on the shortwaves back in the 1980s...

and which I am sure is the inspiration for the lads' paean to remote radio-detection.

ah, yes, just found this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Woodpecker

[mucephei]

Some more info here:

http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/russia/steel-yard.htm

And a recording here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2B8J-RrVT8

[Mexicola]

Correct-a-mundo!



EDIT: the 'Woodpecker' or 'Buzzer' can also be heard on the Conet Project. Disk4, track 32.