What a strange vintage we are. Constantly needing to photograph each thing, each moment. What other species demands to self archive everything? The same information, experiences, places visually captured over and over again. What do we expect to learn from it; from taking a picture of it all? No Coining - All Rights Reserved

Jul 3, 2016

Minuteman Missile National Historic Site

The visitor center
Minuteman Missile II (LGM-30). This intercontinental missile is capable of delivering an explosion with more power than all the bombs used in WWII combined.
 Security perimeter fence of the Delta-01 Launch Control Facility. 
This ranch house hiding in plain site served as the Delta-01 Launch Control Facility till the 1990's. 
Common room of the launch control facility. 
 The 8-ton blast door located 30-feet underground the facility. 
 Entrance to the underground launch facility through 4-feet of concrete. 
 One of the two control stations in the capsule. 
Launch was just two key-turns away. 

Philip, South Dakota 

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