Chernobyl's silent graveyards

Conscript · 21 Apr 2006 at 00:16

Found these links posted by someone on a forum I visit regularly. The image sets are posted on the BBC and depict views of an eery, almost post apocolyptic Chernobyl. Some very good pics on here, thought I'd share them.

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Love these pics, they are eery but at the same time fascinating.

Also, check out http://www.kiddofspeed.com/ for more shots of the abandoned town.

Kreeeee · 21 Apr 2006 at 00:24

Those are fascinating, thanks for sharing.

Edit:

"Nature has been reclaiming the abandoned town. Wild boars roam the streets at night. Birch trees have been shooting up at random, even inside some apartment blocks."

For some reason I like that quote.

KaHn · 21 Apr 2006 at 00:27

I have seen these before.

And as before I will never forget them, the are truely astonishing.

And as always should be remembered.

KaHn

GSXRMovistar · 21 Apr 2006 at 00:29

Some amazing photos, the comments/images about how nature is beginning to take over reminded me of the film Twelve Monkeys.

Hard to believe that happened 20 years ago.

nealw · 21 Apr 2006 at 00:30

edit.

i really should the the OP more thoroughly.

Yewen · 21 Apr 2006 at 00:30

The pictures from the BBC are really really eerie, give a great insight into it.

theo · 21 Apr 2006 at 00:36

i recommed that kidofspeed site

whenever any of you people have an hour spare just read through some of those journals for some amazing descriptions of what it's like in the quarantine zone

Andelusion · 21 Apr 2006 at 00:37

Yeah the kidofspeed site is really good, i'm reading through it again now, the lass narrates really well too.

Zip · 21 Apr 2006 at 00:38

The scary thing is....

The big shed thing they built over the reactor core os rusting and the roof is getting small holes in it and water is getting inside making the nuclear liquide molten stuff even more sludgey and there could be the possiblity of the who shed/capsul that holds it all in could colapse and brake apart and spreading the nuclear stuff inside it over the country side

They estimate if it does go, it will only go as wide as the 30km radious they have set up for it. but many scientists say it could be much much worse then that.

They need 70billion dollars to build a new concreate shed for it

Conscript · 21 Apr 2006 at 00:38

I'd love to be able to actually visit the site though...The atmosphere would be something to behold; a whole town, absolutly silent. The pictures are brilliant but only convery so much.

/shudder

Kreeeee · 21 Apr 2006 at 01:00

That lady has such a fascinating life, whe has many war time photographs from many many journeys.

Jumpingmedic · 21 Apr 2006 at 01:04

I'd love to live there... if it wasn't for all the radiation that is. Something rather appealing to me about an apocolyptic no mans land.

Anyone else think like that or am I just weird?

Jumpingmedic · 21 Apr 2006 at 01:05

Kreeeee said:
Those are fascinating, thanks for sharing.

Edit:

"Nature has been reclaiming the abandoned town. Wild boars roam the streets at night. Birch trees have been shooting up at random, even inside some apartment blocks."

For some reason I like that quote.

It's a nice thought isn't it. nature reclaiming it's land. A defiant statement that no matter how much we screw things up nature is always gonna find a way to pick up the pieces.

Although some oil companies seem to be taking that as a personal challenge... heh.

DannyDan · 21 Apr 2006 at 01:08

Jumpingmedic said:
I'd love to live there... if it wasn't for all the radiation that is. Something rather appealing to me about an apocolyptic no mans land.

Anyone else think like that or am I just weird?

I'd love to visit. Not sure about living there though.

There's another thread here with some interesting links and info.

Jumpingmedic · 21 Apr 2006 at 01:12

DannyDan said:
I'd love to visit. Not sure about living there though.

There's another thread here with some interesting links and info.

Obviously the radiation is a turn off.... lol. But aside from that it would be a survival zone. Hunting for food, surviving in an urban wasteland. Rarely meeting another soul. Maybe I've played one RPG too many but that kind of life really appeals to me. There's no possiblity of living such a life in England anymore, or indeed anywhere else I can think of.

G-MAN2004 · 21 Apr 2006 at 01:14

Nice pics

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Why can't they build over it all?

Andelusion · 21 Apr 2006 at 01:16

G-MAN2004 said:
Nice pics .
Why can't they build over it all?

They've covered up a hell of a lot of radioactive material and it's still getting through soil and whatnot. I'm no scientist but i'm sure it'd take literally miles of concrete to conceal it, even then it's not permanent and is gonna be there for centuries still.

SidewinderINC · 21 Apr 2006 at 01:17

is it still a controlled zone?

Agent_Smith357 · 21 Apr 2006 at 01:18

Recently there was an account from one of the engineers who witnessed the accident very good read, especially about the early stages of containment.

Andelusion · 21 Apr 2006 at 01:19

SidewinderINC said:
is it still a controlled zone?

People aren't allowed in without special permission if that's what you mean