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Old 21-12-2014, 20:44   #10267
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Re: Today in pictures

So, where to begin?

Over 100 interesting pic's of Moscow & only ten allowed. Well let's start where choice was unlimited:-



Yes the space race, unbelievable!

Here's the front of the 'shop'.



Nothing like what's in the gardens you walk through the object above it is a bronze they've thrown together, here's another view:-



That is the rocket at the top taken at max zoom on my mobile still look's small doesn't it?

The base looks like this:-



Notice the Cosmonaut on the left hand side, steps lead up for kids to go
shake his hand.

look at the people to the left for an idea of scale.

O.K. inside the museum where to start well lets start with a rare pic of Roy doing his 'Sky At Night' looking intelligent pose next to something none of us know about:-



That is the automated luna-9 space station.

How about This?



Built by the Americans, bought by the Russians, an off shore comms sattelite launcher.

The exhibit is so large I naturally had to pay a visit!



Well, Got to change subject even though there is so much to show.

Allright one more from space, would you believe this shower curtain is a 'docking hatch'?



The reason we are here:-


and this:-

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