I had always heard even as a kid that both Hitler, and later the russkies had a real keen interest in taking us out here. I remember when my grandmother showed me the World Book listing for where I live, they called it "The Chemical Valley of the World." No fun being near these plants now, that's for sure.
Parts of it look like a set from Alien. Mile after mile of pipes and pumps and mainfolds and tanks and God knows what.
All squeezed tightly into valleys.