Intense footage of fake towns used for 1950s nuclear tests to test the impact of an atomic blast on populated areas technicians built entire fake towns with houses shops and even mannequin. Nadav kander began a three year survey of secret soviet scientific cities and missile test sites when he learned of the existence of two closed cities on the border between kazakhstan and russia that tickled his curiosity for secrecy and his interest in the aesthetics of destruction. The soviet union s abandoned nuclear test cities.
This staged town was the target of a nuclear test. It s comprised of houses once populated by mannequins and stocked with packaged goods. Nicknamed the survival town no one ever lived there.
While most of these aging relics are captivating reminders of nevada s earliest years one abandoned town in nevada is beyond incredibly eerie. Military in the nevada desert as part of ongoing nuclear tests. These extraordinary pictures most of which have never been seen before show one of the many towns made and destroyed by the u s.
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Nadav kander began a three year survey of secret soviet scientific cities and missile test sites when he learned of the existence of two closed cities on the border between kazakhstan and russia that tickled his curiosity for secrecy and his interest in the aesthetics of destruction. The soviet union s abandoned nuclear test cities.
