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im in ur sub base killin ur d00dz

dersins — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:04:39 -0800

Eerie photos of a decomissioned Russian submarine base. [via]

By: dersins

dersins — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:06:02 -0800

If you like this sort of thing, I've posted about similar locations before.

By: nitsuj

nitsuj — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:06:17 -0800

previously

By: bardic

bardic — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:10:01 -0800

Why are Russian photoblogs always the most interesting?

By: dersins

dersins — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:10:32 -0800

Oh hell. And I searched and everything. Clearly not well enough, but still-- I did-- I swear.

By: nitsuj

nitsuj — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:13:18 -0800

It happens to the best of us. FWIW, I searched 'russian submarine' to find it - first result.

By: dersins

dersins — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:14:49 -0800

I searched for the link, and searched tags for submarine and submarines. Alas.

By: It's Raining Florence Henderson

It's Raining Florence Henderson — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:26:57 -0800

For what it's worth, I prefer your title: "im in ur sub base killin ur d00dz." You really should add the d00dz tag before this gets deleted, though.

By: Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese

Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:31:10 -0800

Ah, Cold War relics. Good times.

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:35:06 -0800

I remember these photos, but couldn't remember the address. Thanks for pointing it out again!

By: Ironmouth

Ironmouth — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:42:49 -0800

That's quite cool. Even more interesting are the user names and avatars of Russian commenters.

By: huskerdont

huskerdont — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:48:58 -0800

Sweet. Can any Cyrillic readers identify where these pics were taken?

By: Krrrlson

Krrrlson — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:06:04 -0800

huskerdont: It appears to be the base at Balaklava in the Crimea.

By: kaemaril

kaemaril — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:07:34 -0800

Try running it through Babel Fish - i see some funny untranslated words, but don't know if those are genuine place names or simply something that can't be translated. Some of the translated stuff suggests that it's near the black sea. Also that parts of the base were designed by 'clever uncles' ... :)

By: cardoso

cardoso — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:22:25 -0800

Title should be "all your sub bases are belong to us"

By: you just lost the game

you just lost the game — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:31:10 -0800

In Soviet Russia, post deletes you!

By: notyou

notyou — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:31:14 -0800

Isn't that the HL2 level where you have to wrangle the sentry-guns?

By: grex

grex — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:31:22 -0800

Where does the line "im in ur base killin ur d00dz" come from anyway ?

By: It's Raining Florence Henderson

It's Raining Florence Henderson — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:34:44 -0800

It's an old Something Awful screenshot from Starcraft: dude, where are you? <1 337h4x> i'm in ur base, killing ur d00ds

By: riotgrrl69

riotgrrl69 — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:36:27 -0800

starcraft via something awful

By: grex

grex — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:38:07 -0800

thanks

By: kosher_jenny

kosher_jenny — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:38:40 -0800

Well, I missed this the first time it was posted, so thanks. Very cool photos. I'd love to be able to spend a day exploring one of these places. It's just so wonderfully eerie.

By: raedyn

raedyn — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:45:57 -0800

Apparently there are tours available.

By: graventy

graventy — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 16:36:01 -0800

Does anyone have a link to the original Starcraft pic?

By: blue_beetle

blue_beetle — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 16:49:45 -0800

somewhere to start? Killin joor doodz

By: derbs

derbs — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 17:09:29 -0800

i'm sure this is the base from Raiders of the Lost Ark. Or maybe a computer game.... Does it look familiar to anyone else?

By: Joeforking

Joeforking — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 17:27:37 -0800

Way to have a cretinous post title kill my interest in the link.

By: dersins

dersins — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 17:31:52 -0800

Way to have a cretinous post title kill my interest in the link. You should talk the way you title your p-- oh, wait.

By: jason's_planet

jason's_planet — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 19:11:19 -0800

You should talk the way you title your p-- oh, wait. Joeforking got PWNED! (I've always wanted to use that expression.) Nice post!

By: Citizen Premier

Citizen Premier — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 20:02:49 -0800

I think we found the set for the Half Life movie.

By: Citizen Premier

Citizen Premier — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 20:06:03 -0800

P.S. keep up the good work, dersins--you seem to know what I like.

By: Ynoxas

Ynoxas — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 21:10:23 -0800

Modern ruins are so incredibly creepy to me and I can't quite describe how they make me feel. They literally send a cold shiver up my back sometimes when I view pictures of them.

By: vaportrail

vaportrail — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 22:09:43 -0800

noxious?

By: jonson

jonson — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 23:42:05 -0800

You should talk the way you title your p-- oh, wait. Hilarious comeback, dersins! And seriously, joeforking, what a complete douchebag your comment makes you sound like.

By: Satapher

Satapher — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 00:55:16 -0800

In Soviet Russia, post deletes you! omg.lmao.com

By: neckro23

neckro23 — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 02:01:45 -0800

So we're 35 comments in and nobody's yet wondered why a decommissioned sub base still appears to have power and lighting?

By: longbaugh

longbaugh — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 02:43:26 -0800

Aliens!?

By: psmealey

psmealey — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 04:23:27 -0800

Did they shoot some scenes from Dr. No in there?

By: koeselitz

koeselitz — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 09:51:09 -0800

nekro23: well, the previously posted link that nitsuj points to says that you can take guided tours there: Almost the entire population of Balaklava at the time worked at the Base, even family members could not visit the town of Balaklava without good reason and identification. The base remained operational after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 until 1993 when the decommissioning process started and the warheads and low yield torpedos were removed. Then in 1996 the last Russian Submarine left the Base, and now you can go on Guided tours round the Cannel System, Base and small Museum, which is now housed in the old weapons stowage hangers deep inside the hillside. I imagine whoever's running the tours likes to have electricity in there. (By the way, all, looking at that link helps a lot with translation problems, as it's in English rather than Russian.)