CREDIT: DOMINIC BRACCO II..SLUG:PRJ/KAZAKHSTAN SHEEP HERDERS..DATE:10/21/2009..CAPTION:Sheepherders play cards at their home in northern Kazakhstan. The herders live near a radio active lake which was made during the 1970s as part of an experiment by the USSR to create lakes from atomic bombs. The lake is in an area known as The Polygon, a test site for more than 400 of the Soviet Union's nuclear weapons.
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