A
huge pyramid in the middle of nowhere tracking the end of the world on
radar. An abstract geometric shape beneath the sky without a human being
in sight. It could be the opening scene of an apocalyptic science
fiction film, but it's just the U.S. military going about its business,
building vast and other-worldly architectural structures that the
civilian world only rarely sees.
The Library of Congress has an extraordinary set of images documenting the Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex in Cavalier County, North Dakota, showing it in various states of construction and completion. And the photos are awesome.
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Taken
for the U.S. government by photographer Benjamin Halpern, the
particular images seen here show the central pyramid—pyramid, obelisk,
monument, megastructure: whatever you want to call it—that served as the
site's missile control building.
Like the eye of Sauron crossed with Giza, it looks in all directions,
its all-seeing white circles staring endlessly at invisible airborne
objects across the horizon.
The
pyramid's location is given somewhat absurdly as "Northeast of Tactical
Road; southeast of Tactical Road South." Like I said, then, it's in the
middle of nowhere.
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