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I Explored The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone 35 Years After The Nuclear Disaster (40 Pics)

While the world is still firmly in the hands of the Covid-19 pandemic, April 26th marks the 35th anniversary of another catastrophe: The Chernobyl meltdown. It not only changed the lives of the people in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in a...

While the world is still firmly in the hands of the Covid-19 pandemic, April 26th marks the 35th anniversary of another catastrophe: The Chernobyl meltdown. It not only changed the lives...

21 Before And After Pics By This Digital Artist Show How Post-Soviet Countries Should Look Today

A digital artist and blogger from Ukraine, Andrey Goopsa, shows how typical post-Soviet cities should look in the 21st century with the right approach towards improvement.

A digital artist and blogger from Ukraine, Andrey Goopsa, shows how typical post-Soviet cities should look in the 21st century with the right approach towards improvement.

After Watching Chernobyl, My Boyfriend And I Designed Our Apartment In Soviet Style And Listed It In On Airbnb

There's a famous line in HBO's Chernobyl: "Comrades, we are so focused on our search for truth we fail to consider how few actually want us to find it". And the truth is that "Chernobyl" was filmed in Vilnius. This apartment...

There's a famous line in HBO's Chernobyl: "Comrades, we are so focused on our search for truth we fail to consider how few actually want us to find it". And the...

30 Photos Of Nature Winning The Battle Against Civilization In The Exclusion Zone Around Chernobyl

The world's worst ever nuclear disaster took place at Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Pripyat, Ukraine back in 1986, and its effects are still being felt today. A 30-km (19-mile) exclusion zone is in place around the disaster site, which is still highly...

The world's worst ever nuclear disaster took place at Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Pripyat, Ukraine back in 1986, and its effects are still being felt today. A 30-km (19-mile) exclusion zone is...

HBO ‘Chernobyl’ Creator Calls Out Influencers After These Pictures

It seems to be a natural human inclination to be fascinated by disaster and the suffering of our fellow humans – from the urge to gawp at the scene of a car crash to traveling purposefully into warzones, we seem to...

It seems to be a natural human inclination to be fascinated by disaster and the suffering of our fellow humans – from the urge to gawp at the scene of a...

12 Pics Of ‘Chernobyl’ Cast Compared To Old Photos Of Their Real-Life Counterparts

At 1.24am on April 26th, 1986, a power surge in reactor four of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Pripyat, Ukraine, led to a series of huge explosions. The force of the blasts blew the reinforced steel and concrete lid off...

At 1.24am on April 26th, 1986, a power surge in reactor four of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Pripyat, Ukraine, led to a series of huge explosions. The force of...

I Sneak Into Abandoned Soviet Buildings To Photograph Them Frozen In Time

I recently took an epic six-week road trip through nine countries, with the aim of capturing abandoned places that have rarely or never been photographed before. In particular, I focused on hidden relics from the Cold War era. I travelled from Paris...

I recently took an epic six-week road trip through nine countries, with the aim of capturing abandoned places that have rarely or never been photographed before. In particular, I focused on...

Lost In Time: The Abandoned City Of Pripyat

The abandoned city of Pripyat.

The abandoned city of Pripyat.

Pripyat After Chernobyl Disaster

I was 13 when this disaster occurred and my only fleeting memory was seeing clips on the news as a child. To me it was something that happened far away in a place I could not even pronounce. I always wanted...

I was 13 when this disaster occurred and my only fleeting memory was seeing clips on the news as a child. To me it was something that happened far away in...

Post-Apocalyptic Drone Footage From Prypiat, Chernobyl

UK-based filmmaker Danny Cooke, armed with a camera and a radiation dosimeter, spent a week exploring Chernobyl and the nearby abandoned city of Pripyat in a way we haven't seen before – using an airborne video drone. His breathtaking video, called...

UK-based filmmaker Danny Cooke, armed with a camera and a radiation dosimeter, spent a week exploring Chernobyl and the nearby abandoned city of Pripyat in a way we haven't seen before...