RSL #2 Photo Gallery
(Last updated 21 Apr 2006, indicated by $ after photo number.)
"Must see" photos indicated by
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001 +++ :
USGS aerial photo of RSL #2 (1997).
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(390 x 293 = 15k)
(800 x 600 = 61k) 001732
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002 +++ :
Access road and entrance to RSL #2 (2002).
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(441 x 290 = 28k)
(889 x 585 = 114k) 004751
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003 :
A 180o turn from photo 002 looks back at the public road from N.D. Route 1 to RSL 2 (2002).
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(443 x 295 = 33k)
(893 x 595 = 112k) 004752
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004 +++ :
Entrance gate (2002).
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The LASS (Limited Area Sentry Station) is in the background, with the underground RLOB (Remote Launch Operations Building) behind the LASS.
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(441 x 290 = 35k)
(883 x 580 = 145k) 004753
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005 +++ :
Another view of the LASS (left) and RLOB (right) (2002).
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(443 x 295 = 30k)
(893 x 595 = 124k) 004754
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Winter view of the LASS from on top of the RLOB berm (1976).
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007 :
View of the LASS from the northeast (2002).
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(443 x 295 = 27k)
(893 x 595 = 94k) 004755
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008 +++ :
View of the LASS from the southeast (2002).
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The sally port is just to the left of the building.
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The intake/exhaust stacks for the RLOB's underground power plant are on the left in the background.
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(443 x 295 = 29k)
(893 x 595 = 117k) 004756
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View of the LASS and sally port from the south southeast (2002).
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(443 x 295 = 29k)
(893 x 595 = 118k) 004757
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010 :
Closer view of the sally port (2002).
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(447 x 295 = 36k)
(894 x 590 = 137k) 004758
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011 +++ :
Winter view of the RLOB (1976).
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Left to right: power plant exhaust and intake stacks, entrance tunnel with power transformer to its left.
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(394 x 295 = 17k)
(821 x 615 = 73k) 004602
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Photo by Greg Preston.
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012 :
Summer 2002 telephoto version of photo 011 (2002).
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(443 x 295 = 21k)
(893 x 595 = 69k) 004759
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013 :
RLOB from the northeast (2002).
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(443 x 295 = 31k)
(893 x 595 = 119k) 004760
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014 :
RLOB from the southwest (2002).
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The cooling system condensers were mounted on the supports that can be seen just to the left of the power plant's intake/exhaust stacks.
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(443 x 295 = 28k)
(893 x 595 = 114k) 004761
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015 $ +++ :
MP Russell Smith takes aim in the kitchen area of the RLOB (1976).
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016 +++ :
SOCC (Security Operations Control Center) in the RLOB (1976).
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017 +++ :
SOCC alarm status board (top), closed circuit TV monitors (center), and security operations console (bottom) (1976).
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The alarm board schematic on the left is the RLOB, on the right is the launch area with the 12 Sprint launch cells in the center.
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(262 x 350 = 25k)
(597 x 798 = 92k) 004611
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Photo by Greg Preston.
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018 :
Another view of the SOCC counter, console, and CCTV monitors (1976).
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019 $ :
MP Russell Smith behind the SOCC counter (1976).
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020 +++ :
Winter view of the launch area from on top of the RLOB berm (1976).
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021 +++ :
Winter view of the EASS (Exclusion Area Sentry Station) and launch area (1976).
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022 :
Launch area from the north northeast (2002).
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In the background are the LASS (on the left) and the RLOB's power plant stacks (just to right of center).
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RSL 2's location atop a slight hill makes it difficult to photograph from outside the fence.
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(445 x 295 = 28k)
(898 x 595 = 114k) 004763
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023 :
U.S. Army Installation / No Trespassing (2002).
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In the background are the LASS (left) and RLOB (right).
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(443 x 295 = 34k)
(930 x 595 = 133k) 004762
