Astana has a curious tourist attraction, a giant 3D model map of miniatures that depict significant sites from all over Kazakhstan. Think mini golf course of the country's greatest hits of buildings, industrial sites, bodies of water. Just no golfing. You walk through it and wonder who did the curating.
The city of Almaty, shrunk. The models are accurate and have to stand up to the elements.
International style building and and historic ice rink in the mountains above Almaty.
Various mountain ranges get their props.
Don't forget about the power of heavy industry, from oil, gas wells to super strip mining quarries. What kind of miniature golf course is this?
A big chemical factory complex, sure.
Nothing is too esoteric for the map. An eternal flame at a memorial. Behold the famous Buran space orbiter. Never heard of it? Only one shuttle was ever built and it had just one unmanned test flight in 1988.
The dried up Aral sea with stranded fishing boat and giant camels. Nice that the disaster has been depicted accurately. Except for the camels.
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