desertGoodbye Old Flame: Closing Turkmenistan’s ‘Gates Of Hell’
Turkmenistan's fiery football-field-sized “Gates Of Hell” sinkhole will finally be closed after burning…
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environmentDangerously Beautiful: Russia’s Kola Peninsula
The exquisite beauty of Russia's far northern Kola Peninsula shines through decades of environmental damage in…
woodRuskie Business: Soviet Wooden Space Shuttle
It never made it to orbit but a wooden mock-up of Buran, the USSR's space shuttle, did spend 25 years parked out…
spaceBark At The Moon: A History Of Soviet Space Dogs
Among the many noteworthy achievements of the Soviet Union's space program was the first launch of an animal – a…
