The fenced, abandoned look of a once active base
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The MythBusters show often filmed here because of the large safety zone the area provided.

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Alameda Naval Air Station Closed   •  From the Alameda Ferry Alameda, California   •  (Photo posted Friday 6 November 2009)   •  (Photo taken 12:05:44 Saturday 29 August 2009)   •  © 2009 Bryan Costales

Old storage buildings now crumbled
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This area was declared a Superfund cleanup site in 1999. Our tax dollars pay for a military. And when the military leaves, out tax dollars pay for the cleanup.

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Alameda Naval Air Station Closed   •  From the Alameda Ferry Alameda, California   •  (Photo posted Friday 6 November 2009)   •  (Photo taken 12:05:48 Saturday 29 August 2009)   •  © 2009 Bryan Costales

Odd mounds were found near the eastern edge
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Alameda Naval Air Station Closed   •  From the Alameda Ferry Alameda, California   •  (Photo posted Friday 6 November 2009)   •  (Photo taken 12:06:12 Saturday 29 August 2009)   •  © 2009 Bryan Costales

Huge old aircraft hangers now abandoned
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Alameda Naval Air Station Closed   •  From the Alameda Ferry Alameda, California   •  (Photo posted Friday 6 November 2009)   •  (Photo taken 12:09:28 Saturday 29 August 2009)   •  © 2009 Bryan Costales

The historic entry gate will be preserved
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Alameda Naval Air Station Closed   •  From the Alameda Ferry Alameda, California   •  (Photo posted Friday 6 November 2009)   •  (Photo taken 12:09:38 Saturday 29 August 2009)   •  © 2009 Bryan Costales