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The Weapons Storage Area (WSA) at the outskirts of Mather Air Force Base (AFB) in Rancho Cordova, California was the munitions storage facility for the United States Air Force, 320th Bombardment Wing.
This facility was built for the secure storage and maintenance of the nuclear and conventional weapons for the B-52 Stratofortress bombers, which were stationed at Mather and were always ready in case of attack by the USSR during the Cold War. The WSA was to supply these bombers with nuclear weapons in a matter of minutes.
On December 5, 1977 a breach of operational security took place at the Mather WSA, in which a reported for Atlanta based Cox Newspapers was able to gain access to the facility by posing as a fencing contractor and examine the safety and security measures in place, talk with security personnel about their roles and responsibilities in case of an attack on the facility and observe and photograph the facility, including entry controls and weapon storage areas. The reporter was also able to obtain blueprints of the WSA.
Later, a series of articles about the Air Force's lack of security were published in the Washington Star newspaper as well as the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, much to the consternation of Air Force commanders.
The WSA was controlled and guarded by the 320th Security Police Squadron from February 1, 1963 until September 30, 1989. With the fall of the Berlin Wall and the thawing of Cold War hostilities, this facility was decommissioned and abandoned.
Today, the WSA area belongs to the County of Sacramento, the bunkers are shuttered and much of the facility has been destroyed by time and vandalism.
Even with this condition, this facility still serves as a reminder of the Cold War and the readiness of our military to respond with nuclear offensive capability during those tense times.
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Believe me or not, this is an abandonned rocket, somewhere in a belgian landscape ! Sorry for pictures size and quality, they are 35mm paper photos scans.
Nikon D2H
Focal Length: 300mm
White Balance: Cloudy
Color Mode: Mode II (Adobe RGB)
RAW (12-bit)
1/640 sec - f/9
Exposure Comp.: -0.3 EV
Lens: 75-300mm f/4.5-5.6
Sensitivity: ISO 400
A very rusted water valve on Meck Island on the Kwajalein Atoll, there is a 1999 date noted so this is what 10 year old metal looks like in this environment.
Lovely rust with informative words on a old vehicle. McLean`s Auto Wreckers. Rockwood, Ontario. Canada. November 2012.
“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” - Wayne Dyer
That statement is so true, and doubly so for photographers, I think. A couple of years ago, I would have walked across this bridge in downtown Austin, paying absolutely no attention to the rusty railing. Now I find myself looking at everything "through the lens", whether I have my camera with me or not. Photography has caused me to slow down, look at everything and see what was never visible to me before. It really has opened up my eyes. Plus it's great fun!
From the blog at: www.nomadicpursuits.com/blog/