Hacker News Reader

There's no Google maps aerial link in the article which is too bad... because it's mesmerizing & illustrates how remote the location is: https://goo.gl/maps/22sBrQ26abQ2

View on HN

Looks like it's roughly as far from Tehran as Los Angeles to North Dakota, and as far north from Kabul as Minneapolis to Houston.

Don't forget to check out the "street views": https://www.google.com/maps/@45.9200912,63.3389296,3a,75y,87...

Reply on news.ycombinator.com