Gallery: Inside the Eerie TNT Storage Bunkers of West Virginia

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    TNT Storage Igloo S6-B, Point Pleasant, West Virginia, 2009.
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    Interior, TNT Storage Igloo S7-A, Point Pleasant, West Virginia, 2010.
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    Photo: Joshua Dudley Greer
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    Dead Deer, Point Pleasant, West Virginia, 2010.
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    TNT Storage Igloo S7-G, Point Pleasant, West Virginia, 2010.
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    Ceiling
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    Interior, TNT Storage Igloo S4-A, Point Pleasant, West Virginia, 2012.
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    Pond 34, Point Pleasant, West Virginia, 2011.
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    TNT Storage Igloo N1-F, Point Pleasant, West Virginia, 2009.
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    South Acid Area, Point Pleasant, West Virginia, 2010.
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    TNT Storage Igloo S3-C, Point Pleasant, West Virginia, 2011.
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    Pond 6, Point Pleasant, West Virginia, 2011.
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    Interior (Exploded), TNT Storage Igloo S7-F, Point Pleasant, West Virginia, 2010.
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    TNT Storage Igloo N7-A, Point Pleasant, West Virginia, 2012.
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    Station 36, Point Pleasant, West Virginia, 2012.
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    TNT Storage Igloo S5-A, Point Pleasant, West Virginia, 2012.
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    TNT Storage Igloo S7-E, Point Pleasant, West Virginia, 2009.
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    TNT Storage Igloo N1-D, Point Pleasant, West Virginia, 2009.
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