This chick does not seem to be scared of the heavy fallout and radiation but again, she doesn't have much choice - she's my daughter.
Something is clearly obscuring the view and she's trying to peer hard to pick the elusive Molotov pillboxes hidden in the endless sea of cornfields.
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Sometimes I need to anchor my eye on something which is not made of reinforced concrete.
Sure, I was just shooting of of the pillboxes of Alytus Fortified Region in Lithuania (what else could I do?) when, to my horror, I noticed yet another clear evidence of alien infiltration on Earth.
I'm sure you recognize this highly advanced piece of technology. Yeah, it's the famous Mobile Human Brain Extractor, the one responsible for numerous alien abductions.
Its ominous brain sucking pipe is still slung across the top of this devilish contraption.
See that?
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The kerosene lamp (or paraffin lamp) - the one we know today - was first constructed in 1853 in Lviv by a Polish inventor Ignacy Łukasiewicz. But first mentions of simple lamps using crude mineral oil as fuel originate from Baghdad and are as old as 9th century.
The construction of the lamp hasn't changed since centuries, if you find one which is 100 years old it will be just as good as the one you can buy today.
This particular one is brand new - it's maybe 20 years old - and it will probably stay this way for ages.
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First mentions of compass originate from China and are as old as 2nd century BC. Surprisingly, although most decent smarphones and tablets have GPS-supported compass biult in, there are still very few people who know how to use a real compass properly.
All what the common knowledge comes to is that the needle points to the north. Well, this is true (sort of) but actually this seemigly simple device is capable of - i.e. when used with a map - to calculate a ton of data. If you know how...
I can still recall when a fellow researcher, who is a former scout (and a professional surveyor by trade, too!), patiently tried to explain me that north was, well.. not exactly to the north and that the azimuths we measured were just a decent attempt at measuring what we thought to be the most accurate and correct thing in the world...
I've learned a lot since then and a pair of trusty compasses is an indispensable set of tools when lurking on the Molotov Line. We widely use satellite imagery, good quality GPS devices (no, not a smartphone for God's sake!), trackloggers and a ton of other stuff but still an ancient compass is of great help.
When I manage to locate, say, 15 pillboxes scattered on the field or hidden in the forest and I collect their GPS locations and then put them all on the map all I get is eeerm.... a map with 15 blobs. Except for the information that they are there it means nothing. But when I use my compass to measure the azimuth from each and every loophole in each and every pillbox and then add them to the map it all suddenly becomes clear. Why were they built this way, why here and not 50 meters to the south? Why this one is facing north and the other one west? Seeing in which direction they were supposed to fire transforms 15 blobs on a map into a clear and meaningful plan of a defence line.
Can a compass be useful for you today, providing you are not lurking on the Molotov Line? Sure it can!
Next time you face an avalanche of questions from your wife - just because you went to buy cigarettes and failed to come back for three days - just say you lost your compass.
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We use a wide variety of maps in our research work – anything from crude maps sketched by hand by the builders of the Molotov Line to the latest satellite imagery, military maps from various periods, modern geodetic maps and even tourist maps.
They all have one thing in common – they seldom, or never, show the things we are looking for.
Sometimes, when there are no maps, we have to make our own, or at least add a ton of points of interest which are not shown on any existing map.
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