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Damn, just when you think you know what strange is, you read something like this. Can't imagine being one of these simple village folks and seeing a burning spe

Damn, just when you think you know what strange is, you read something like this. Can't imagine being one of these simple village folks and seeing a burning spent rocket tumbling down from space and exploding in your yard. Kind of reminds me of ancient astronauts where they always claim myths and fables were inspired by ancient spacefarers.

redshirtrob 7y ago
Want a uniquely Russian take on something like this? Check out "Roadside Picnic" by the Strugatsky brothers.
- 13of40 7y ago
  It actually reminds me a bit of this old sci fi story: https://abitofscififromthepast.wordpress.com/2018/04/29/the-dead-astronaut-j-g-ballard/ https://abitofscififromthepast.wordpress.com/2018/04/29/the-... Published during the cold war, so unlikely to be based on the real thing. (Also the spacecraft in this are re-entering rather than falling to ground during launch.)
  - itronitron 7y ago
    That story is included in J. G. Ballard's 1988 book, Memories of the Space Age >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memories_of_the_Space_Age https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memories_of_the_Space_Age
- kjs3 7y ago
  "Roadside Picnic" is a uniquely haunting, very Russian view of the universe. "What if the aliens came, and not only were we too insignificant to realize we existed, they shit on our planet".
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joshvm 7y ago
The images are great. The first one with the salvagers surrounded by butterflies is surreal http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/files/2018/06/NYC37701.jpg http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/files/2018/06/NYC3770... And the photo of the guy taking a walk in his village next to a crashed Soyuz looks straight out of a post apocalypse RPG. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/files/2018/06/NYC37703.jpg http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/files/2018/06/NYC3770...
- spongeb00b 7y ago
  The images are very similar to Simon Stålenhag paintings.
- Hextinium 7y ago
  What is strange about these images is that i can't interpret them as real. I have seen so much scifi stuff like this that i just assume it can't possibly be real.

redshirtrob 7y ago

Want a uniquely Russian take on something like this? Check out "Roadside Picnic" by the Strugatsky brothers.

13of40 7y ago
It actually reminds me a bit of this old sci fi story: https://abitofscififromthepast.wordpress.com/2018/04/29/the-dead-astronaut-j-g-ballard/ https://abitofscififromthepast.wordpress.com/2018/04/29/the-... Published during the cold war, so unlikely to be based on the real thing. (Also the spacecraft in this are re-entering rather than falling to ground during launch.)
- itronitron 7y ago
  That story is included in J. G. Ballard's 1988 book, Memories of the Space Age >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memories_of_the_Space_Age https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memories_of_the_Space_Age
kjs3 7y ago
"Roadside Picnic" is a uniquely haunting, very Russian view of the universe. "What if the aliens came, and not only were we too insignificant to realize we existed, they shit on our planet".

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joshvm 7y ago

The images are great. The first one with the salvagers surrounded by butterflies is surreal http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/files/2018/06/NYC37701.jpg http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/files/2018/06/NYC3770... And the photo of the guy taking a walk in his village next to a crashed Soyuz looks straight out of a post apocalypse RPG. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/files/2018/06/NYC37703.jpg http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/files/2018/06/NYC3770...

spongeb00b 7y ago
The images are very similar to Simon Stålenhag paintings.
Hextinium 7y ago
What is strange about these images is that i can't interpret them as real. I have seen so much scifi stuff like this that i just assume it can't possibly be real.