by TAZ | May 6, 2019 | Industria
My guide and translator was off to try and climb the Duga antenna so I was alone with our government escort. His main instruction was “no climbing” which is a shame because some of the cranes in the harbor had some very interesting cockpits. When I arrived...
by TAZ | Apr 7, 2017 | Industria
The New Safe Confinement at Chernobyl was moved into position in November, but only now have I seen some videos of it. This one is pretty epic with a lot of good timelapses. The NSC is an engineering marvel, I’m really surprised we don’t hear more about...
by TAZ | Mar 4, 2017 | Industria
The print of the month for March is “Das Ventile, Hatttingen, Germany” Hattingen is a lovely little town on the Ruhr river in western Germany. It is certainly worth a visit to see the old timber houses and original city wall, but that is not what brought...
by TAZ | Feb 6, 2017 | Industria
This month’s print of the month is “Antenna, Chernobyl-2” Visiting this site in Ukraine was something I had dreamed of for years. The history of the Russian woodpecker is a Cold War legend that I remember hearing about as a kid. The complex itself is...
by TAZ | Sep 4, 2012 | From The Field, Industria
Soaring overhead the old smokestack, visible for miles around, pierces the cloud filled sky. A huge, four story brick and glass building houses four massive coal fired furnaces, connected to state of the art electrical generators. Engineered to take advantage of the...
