SEMIPALATINSK, Kazakhstan— An hour’s drive down a rutted dirt track in eastern Kazakhstan is an expanse of steppe as big as Belgium, 50 miles from the nearest town. It’s called the Polygon. The land here is treeless and quiet, tawny grass from horizon to horizon, dotted with purple thistles and yellow wildflowers. At its center, a shallow depression is filled with thicker, greener grass. Above it, swallows flit in a breeze that smells of sage. This is what a nuclear wasteland looks like. It looks like Wyoming. lol, Michael ! slate/articles/news_and_politics/foreigners/2013/09/kazakhstan_was_site_of_the_soviet_union_s_first_atomic_bomb_the_kazak_people.single.html
Posted on: Tue, 03 Sep 2013 16:59:49 +0000
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