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Lyce Ribeaupierre - Sections Europennes Anglais anne
2013 2014
HUBER Laure DIEUDONNE-ROMINGER
Lionel
SATELLITE IMAGERYubject : how can satellite imagery consolidate our knowledge of territories,
atural phenomenons, human dynamics at the global, regional and local
Ghosts from the Cold War. Soviet
Secret cities and abandoned
military facilities
THREE SOVIET
CITIES IN
RUSSIA
SOSNOVY-BOR
SEVERSK
VILNYUCHINSK
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SUMMARY
Introduction ..................................................................................
..................... p. 3
A. Continental
scale ....................................................................................................... p.
4
B. Regional
scale ....................................................................................................... p. 5
C. Local
scale ...............................................................................................
........ p. 8
1. Sosnovy-
Bor ................................................................................................ p. 8
I. Industries and military
installations ................................................ p.8
II. Life area and urban
structures ....................................................... p.10
III. Oddities, remarkable
elements ...................................................... p. 11
2.
Seversk .................................................................................................
..... p. 12
I. Industries and military
installations ................................................ p.12
II. Life area and urban
structures ....................................................... p.13
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III. Oddities, remarkable
elements ...................................................... p. 14
3.
Vilnyuchinsk ............................................................................................
.... p. 8
I. Industries and military
installations ................................................ p.8
II. Life area and urban
structures ....................................................... p.10
III. Oddities, remarkable
elements ...................................................... p. 11
Conclusion ..................................................................................................
.................... p.22
INTRODUCTION
Since the dawn of mankind men interested in their environment. It
was of a critical importance, even a question of survival.
So they began to discover the world and the first maps were drawn even
though these maps were not accurate most of the time.
Today new technologies allow us to have perfect flat representations of the
Earth : the shapes of the continents are faithful to reality and we thought
nothing was to discover anymore, at least until the beginning of satellite
imagery. During the cold war satellites were developed, at first for an
intelligence and military spying purpose but then to cartography the world
even more accurately.
Today these satellites stay military, but there is also a very dynamic
satellite imagery activity.
For instance the ISat is a fantastic tool that allow to see far away, near
again and with a
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A.
A. CONTINENTAL SCALE
Continental view with the localisation of the three
secret soviet cities. From left to right : Sosnovy Bor,
Seversk and Vilyuchinsk.
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B. REGIONAL SCALE
The first city is Sosnovy Bor, located in west Russia : near the coast, it is less
discreet but more easily accessible.
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The second city, Seversk, is in
central Russia near Tomsk.
It is less exposed for it is not
located near the coast : its far
away inlands, in the middle of
nowhere : the perfect place foris city that was not supposed to
exist. Today this city is not
unknown anymore but the
access is still restricted, as for
the two other cities.
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Vilyuchinsk is
located on the
Kamchatka
Peninsula. Ithas many
naval bases -
right in the
front of the US
- and is less
likely to be
spotted, unlike
Sosnovy Bor
which is near
Saint
Petersburg,
one of the
main cities in
Russia - and in
the former
USSR.
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C. LOCAL SCALE
1. Sosnov Bor
This is a nuclear power plant
being built, in the southern
part of the city : there are
many industries, mainly
nuclear energy production,
nuclear waste disposal
facilities and research centers- Alexandrov Research
Technological Institute for
instance is a research facility
mostly dedicated to
development and testing of
nuclear ships and submarines
power plants.
The following picture is a view
of the yard where anothernuclear plant is rising higher
I. Industries and military installations
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This may be another
nuclear facility. Whatcan be confused with
a dock is actually a
channel where all the
wastes are rejected.
The third picture
shows the output,
where all that green
foamy water isreleased directly in the
sea.
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II. Life area and urban structures
This is a typical
residential area of a
closed soviet city :
big house blocks,
with many trees
spread around.
Actually it's lovely
beside the heavy
industries that can
be found in the
south.
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III. Oddities and remarkable elements
What can this
weird building be ?
Actually it's the
optical institute ofSosnovy-Bor, also
nicknamed the
"Tower of Sauron"
by the
inhabitants !
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2. Seversk
I. Industries and military installations
One more nuclear
power plan, in
Seversk this time :
but whereas we only
see 3-4 chimneys at
Sosnovy-Bor, thereare 29 - at least -
cooling towers in
Seversk!
Next to the power
station - to the left -
we can see a wide
infrastructure : it's a
chemical and
metallurgical plant.
These structures are
in the northern area
of the city.
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II. Life area and urban structures
The residential
areas are
quite similar
from a city to
another.
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III. Oddities and remarkable elements
A plain park... or is it ?
The circular shape
tells us thatsomething might be
buried here : an
underground base
under the city ? We
can't be sure, but
there is enough trees
and grass around in
the city : such a place
isn't necessary in the
middle of a forested
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I. Industries and military installations
3. Viln uchinsk
This is a naval
base in front of
Vilyuchinsk. We
can see ships
and even
submarines.
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Vilyuchinsk,
unlike Seversk or
Sosnovy-Bor is a
small city of the
same size than
Colmar (around
20.000
inhabitants).
Sosnovy-Bor has
around 65.000
inhabitants and
Seversk more
than 108.000.
II. Life area and urban structures
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CONCLUSION
III. Oddities and remarkable elements
What can these circles in the forest be ? No pictures areavailable but we can clearly see that there are no trees in the
bright areas.
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