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I just stumbled upon an unusual memorial to some fallen astronauts here in the Los Angeles area. There are four artificial islands in San Pedro Bay off Long Beach. They contain drilling rigs to tap into the East Wilmington Oil Field and are commonly known as the THUMS Islands (for the consortium that once operated them). They actually have miniature fake hi-rises that disguise the rigs. Theyre also known as The Astronaut Islands. There are four of them named Island Grissom, Island Chaffee, Island White and Island Freeman (the latter after Ted Freeman, if you didnt know). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/THUMS_Islands
Posted on: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 07:33:32 +0000

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