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NOVEMBER 9, 2020: OLD JAPANESE POWER PLANT AND BOMB MAGAZINE AREA IN STEREOSCOPIC 3D

During pre-WWII times, the Japanese power plant was located near the airport. There were also some bomb shelters and a bomb magazine (storage shed for the big bombs).

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  • JAPANESE POWER PLANT

    JAPANESE POWER PLANT

    C:\DCIM\100GOPRO\GOPR0755.GPR

    hra201109outandaboutSTEREOCROSSED

  • JAPANESE POWER PLANT

    JAPANESE POWER PLANT

    Apparently they had 4 generators.

    aabhra201109outandaboutSTEREOCROSSED

  • LOOKING AT JAPANESE POWER HOUSE FROM ADMINISTRATION FACILITY (?)

    LOOKING AT JAPANESE POWER HOUSE FROM ADMINISTRATION FACILITY (?)

    I'm actually not sure the function of the building I am standing in as I take this shot. The window frame is not actually curved: That is one of the distortions inherent in an extreme wide-angle lens such as what the GoPro cameras have.

    aachra201109outandaboutSTEREOCROSSED

  • JAPANESE TANK

    JAPANESE TANK

    Type 97 Chi-Ha, I believe -- but I would love for anyone who knows more than do I to correct me on this. If I'm correct, it had a Mitsubishi 170 HP V-12 diesel engine.

    aadhra201109outandaboutjapanesetankSTEREOCROSSED

  • STACKED TRACKS

    STACKED TRACKS

    These are spare tracks for the tanks, stacked on their sides. The weeds have overgrown and hid it, but they are sitting on a wheeled cart.

    aaehra201109outandaboutjapanesetanktrackSTEREOCROSSED

  • JAPANESE ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN

    JAPANESE ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN

    Our airport control tower in the background.

    aafhra201109outandaboutjapaneseantiaircraftgunSTEREOCROSSED

  • WHITE TERN (Gygis alba)

    WHITE TERN (Gygis alba)

    Also called fairy tern, although that term more frequently refers to a tern not found on Saipan.

    BAAfairytern

  • ONE GOOD TERN LEADS TO ANOTHER

    ONE GOOD TERN LEADS TO ANOTHER

    BAbfairytern

  • WHITE TERN (Gygis alba)

    WHITE TERN (Gygis alba)

    BAcfairytern

  • JAPANESE BOMB SHELTER

    JAPANESE BOMB SHELTER

    aaghra201109outandaboutjapanesebombshelterSTEREOCROSSED

  • ENTRANCE TO JAPANESE BOMB SHELTER

    ENTRANCE TO JAPANESE BOMB SHELTER

    Gives you some idea how thick the concrete walls are.

    aahhra201109outandaboutjapanesebombshelterSTEREOCROSSED

  • JAPANESE BOMB MAGAZINE

    JAPANESE BOMB MAGAZINE

    The "rod" you see beneath the top of the archway is the end of a rail from which bomb dollies hung, and the bombs were rolled into and out of this warehouse on those hanging dollies.

    aaihra201109outandaboutjapanesebombmagazineSTEREOCROSSED

  • JAPANESE BOMB MAGAZINE

    JAPANESE BOMB MAGAZINE

    The white spots you see shimmering in the sunshine are all wasps.

    aajhra201109outandaboutjapanesebombmagazineSTEREOCROSSED

  • JAPANESE BOMB MAGAZINE

    JAPANESE BOMB MAGAZINE

    If you look closely at the far wall, you can see a personal shrine maintained by someone (or more) locally. Often there are origami figures and other such memorial objects. Shall we go in?

    aakhra201109outandaboutjapanesebombmagazineSTEREOCROSSED

  • INSIDE THE JAPANESE BOMB MAGAZINE

    INSIDE THE JAPANESE BOMB MAGAZINE

    Here you can see the rest of the track on which the bombs were loaded and unloaded.

    aalhra201109outandaboutjapanesebombmagazineSTEREOCROSSED

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