Chernobyl Today[Warning-Heavy Graphics]

Grcade ^ | 28 Sep 2008 | BLH

[Eric in the Ozarks]

More photos can be found at elenafilatova.com.

[utherdoul]

I read awhile back that Animals are thriving there. I wonder when humans can start moving back.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

I have to ask... why did you want to go and expose yourself to that radiation?

[Lurker]

A wonderful testimonial to Soviet quality control.

[BGHater]

I didn’t. It’s not me. I posted it from a forum. I thought the pictures and history were interesting.

[cripplecreek]

Just outside Yuris headquarters is the monument to the firemen who died after the explosion. The monument was erected by the firemen themselves. After the explosion, firemen raced to the plant withihn 2 minutes of hearing the alarm, unknowingly exposing themselves to lethal doses of radiation.

I always count these guys among the heros of the world and I don't buy that they didn't know. I remember seeing some video shot as it was going on and the cameraman was crying because he knew he was a goner. He was saying that he could feel the radiation as a tingling or vibration in his bones. Also you could see the static it created in the video.

[cvq3842]

Thank you very much for posting.

I notice also that there was no animal life in the photos. Maybe none would be expected in the light of day, but I’m guessing that the radiation plays a role too.

[Tijeras_Slim]

She also has a fascinating website about the defensive fortifications aroung Kiev from WWII.

[cripplecreek]

A middle aged person or older might live out the rest of their days there but I certainly wouldn’t try to start a family there.

[colinhester]

Bump for later....C

[indcons]

Amazing

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Ping to FRiends

[cripplecreek]

Actually the populations of Red Deer in the radiation zone is the highest in Europe. Of course I doubt I would eat that venison and we also don’t have any real data on deformaties.

[knarf]

I never knew the full impact.

Thanx for this post

[Osage Orange]

Wow..!!

Some trip!!

Thanks for sharing..!!

[KoRn]

Wow! Those are some amazing pics!

I see that the Makers of COD4 did a good job on the map of the city. The game looks just like it!

[Frogtacos]

Just wow. My dad was stationed in Munich when this happened. I remember my mother telling us youngins to stay out of the snow. I was afraid to turn off my light because I really didn’t want to know if I would glow in the dark as my older brother swore I would just before I died.

[RetiredArmy]

Dang, for a minute there I thought I was viewing photos of downtown Detroit! Then I saw the Russian language signs and knew that I was wrong, that those were photos and signs in Moscow on the Potomac, formerly Washington, DC. That is how it will look in 2012 after four years of the messiah!

[aMorePerfectUnion]

You are sure right about that. They are fascinating.