Wendover, Enola Gay Hanger Seen from CLUI Residence Building (Tower View)
In the expanded version of the photograph you can see a perimeter fence that surrounds the residence building yard, something which is a new addition as I was told by Steven and Jen. They met me the night of my arrival at the Salt Flats Cafe as my official liaisons to the center. At night you could feel the emptiness surrounding the cafe east of town about a mile. I imagined the truck stop sitting on the edge of the white expanse. We stayed a few nights together at the Residence Support Unit while they prepared to continue on their way back to Minneapolis. The following day I took these pictures from a tower, located in the yard of my building, watching as the massive cold front passed through. It was interesting to hear that previously you could walk directly to the hanger.
The runway, photographed middle above, is still active, bringing in gamblers from other states for whirlwind weekends amidst the nowhere space of Wendover. The small-time casinos on the Nevada side are just a half-mile or so from the base. Beyond the air strip itself lies more original architecture, notably the workshop for "Little Boy" and a simulated tower used in the filming of Con Air. I'm particularly interested in the "igloos", faintly visible on the horizon looking south beyond the runway. Each functioned originally as a munitions cache but are now leased out individually. Their height only reaches two stories or so, but what's impressive is the soil bladed over their tops. They appear like fairly natural although disproportioned hills. On South Base there is an area between the eight rows of "igloos" that, while facing east, occupies the periphery of your sight in a repeating interval running towards the flats.
The runway, photographed middle above, is still active, bringing in gamblers from other states for whirlwind weekends amidst the nowhere space of Wendover. The small-time casinos on the Nevada side are just a half-mile or so from the base. Beyond the air strip itself lies more original architecture, notably the workshop for "Little Boy" and a simulated tower used in the filming of Con Air. I'm particularly interested in the "igloos", faintly visible on the horizon looking south beyond the runway. Each functioned originally as a munitions cache but are now leased out individually. Their height only reaches two stories or so, but what's impressive is the soil bladed over their tops. They appear like fairly natural although disproportioned hills. On South Base there is an area between the eight rows of "igloos" that, while facing east, occupies the periphery of your sight in a repeating interval running towards the flats.
