CALLINGTON, CORNWALL, UK: An adit. EERIE images reveal the Cornish mining tunnel that was once used to test explosives and research the potential impact of nuclear tests during the Cold War under the code name Operation Orpheus. The haunting pictures show inside the 2,180-foot tunnel where rusting sleepers and collapsing structures remain. Other shots, look down into an adit (entrance) and show the unsuspecting exterior of the mine where a metal gate has been closed across. The spectacular images were taken at the Excelsior Tunnel, Kit Hill, Callington, Cornwall by editor, Nat W (46) from Lond

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CALLINGTON, CORNWALL, UK: An adit. EERIE images reveal the Cornish mining tunnel that was once used to test explosives and research the potential impact of nuclear tests during the Cold War under the code name Operation Orpheus. The haunting pictures show inside the 2,180-foot tunnel where rusting sleepers and collapsing structures remain. Other shots, look down into an adit (entrance) and show the unsuspecting exterior of the mine where a metal gate has been closed across. The spectacular images were taken at the Excelsior Tunnel, Kit Hill, Callington, Cornwall by editor, Nat W (46) from London. To take the pictures Nat used a Canon EOS40D. Nat W /

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