I thought the pictures from chernobyl

[Hellotalkie]

pretty interesting
http://www.englishrussia.com/?p=293

 

[bctbct]

Thats haunting. It mentions tourists, I would have thought it was closed off.

 

[monk3y]

Awesome pictures... It's all really creepy.

 

[Eli]

This is a Chernobyl Nuclear Station itself. Even now people there work, they build a special cover on top of the blown up reactor, so that radiation could not spread further. They are allowed to work inside not more than 2 minutes a day in special protective uniform, and they get $1000 monthly salary for this 2 minute job a day, which is 5 times bigger than an average salary in this region. Many people try to tune their the dosage indicators so that they show less numbers than they got in reality so that they could work more and earn more.

Wow.

 

[Eli]

Are those people crazy or what? I wouldn't mind taking a tour - from the air. There's no way I'd step foot anywhere near there, though, unless it was through a magical transparent lead box with 4' thick walls.

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: Eli
Are those people crazy or what? I wouldn't mind taking a tour - from the air. There's no way I'd step foot anywhere near there, though, unless it was through a magical transparent lead box with 4' thick walls.

Why it's just radiation.

 

[SVT Cobra]

WOW nice pictures.

 

[Kadarin]

That is interesting. Thanks for the link.

 

[Maximilian]

Reminds me of washington DC from logans run. Abandoned, except for that creepy old guy.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Eli
Are those people crazy or what? I wouldn't mind taking a tour - from the air. There's no way I'd step foot anywhere near there, though, unless it was through a magical transparent lead box with 4' thick walls.

I'd go through on foot ... after making a donation at a sperm bank, to ensure non-flippered offspring.

- M4H

 

[paulney]

Originally posted by: Eli
Are those people crazy or what? I wouldn't mind taking a tour - from the air. There's no way I'd step foot anywhere near there, though, unless it was through a magical transparent lead box with 4' thick walls.

It's not that bad. A lot depends on the weather (the amount of dust in the air, the rainfall, etc). Field trips are available into certain sectors, and parts of the nuclear plant still function.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: Eli
Are those people crazy or what? I wouldn't mind taking a tour - from the air. There's no way I'd step foot anywhere near there, though, unless it was through a magical transparent lead box with 4' thick walls.

I'd go through on foot ... after making a donation at a sperm bank, to ensure non-flippered offspring.

- M4H

And hope that your P53 gene doesen't get fried? lol

 

[Hellotalkie]

Reminded me of some type of horror movie, well this place would be great for filming a horror movie
This picture especially
http://www.englishrussia.com/images/chernobyl_pripyat/039.jpg reminds me of a horror film

 

[paulney]

Originally posted by: cr2250
Reminded me of some type of horror movie, well this place would be great for filming a horror movie

Silent Hill?

 

[paulney]

Sadly, some of the comments to the photos are incorrect. For example, the monument is not to the people who tried to shut down the reactor (there was nothing to shutdown - it blew). It's the monument to the firefighters who were first to respond (the actual personnel was partially buried by the wreckage, but some made it out alive and wrote memoirs). The firemen didn't completely realize just how much radiation there is (the counters they and the personnel had were off the charts), but they went straight in and did what they could. All of them died days to weeks later in horrible pain.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: Eli
Are those people crazy or what? I wouldn't mind taking a tour - from the air. There's no way I'd step foot anywhere near there, though, unless it was through a magical transparent lead box with 4' thick walls.

I'd go through on foot ... after making a donation at a sperm bank, to ensure non-flippered offspring.

- M4H

And hope that your P53 gene doesen't get fried? lol

I read that as "PS3 game" for a second and was more than a little

Why not? I can be my own night-light.

- M4H

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: paulney
Sadly, some of the comments to the photos are incorrect. For example, the monument is not to the people who tried to shut down the reactor (there was nothing to shutdown - it blew). It's the monument to the firefighters who were first to respond (the actual personnel was partially buried by the wreckage, but some made it out alive and wrote memoirs). The firemen didn't completely realize just how much radiation there is (the counters they and the personnel had were off the charts), but they went straight in and did what they could. All of them died days to weeks later in horrible pain.

Was going to respond to the post above, but you pretty much summed it up.

Chernobyl was a horror movie.

- M4H

 

[paulney]

And I can see that quite a few of the photos are staged (with dolls on the ground, etc). There are quite a few people coming through there, so dolls won't be lying on the ground like that.
Oh well. Photographers love to do dramatic shots.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Hmm, I wonder how many people there still die horrible death from radiation poisoning. Must not be nice to have every single organs system start failing, while you skin starts to rot for no reason.

 

[Black88GTA]

Originally posted by: paulney
And I can see that quite a few of the photos are staged (with dolls on the ground, etc). There are quite a few people coming through there, so dolls won't be lying on the ground like that.
Oh well. Photographers love to do dramatic shots.

I wouldn't be so sure of that. The dolls, etc. had to come from somewhere, and I doubt the photographers brought nasty, messed up toys with them to place in the photos to add effect. Besides, if I were a tourist visiting Chernobyl, I sure as hell wouldn't touch a dirty, radiation soaked child's toy - let alone pick it up and keep it as a souvenir.

 

[paulney]

Originally posted by: tenshodo13
Hmm, I wonder how many people there still die horrible death from radiation poisoning. Must not be nice to have every single organs system start failing, while you skin starts to rot for no reason.

Degenerative mutations happen quite often, especially in kids. Thyroid abnormalities are probably the most common, and AFAIK most kids and adults in surrounding territories take preventive measures and medicine and do regular checkups.

I don't think you get skin rot right away (you'd have to sit inside the reactor sarcophagus for that now), but the dosage does accumulate over time, and it results in many pregnancy complications and newborn deformities.

 

[paulney]

Originally posted by: Black88GTA

Originally posted by: paulney
And I can see that quite a few of the photos are staged (with dolls on the ground, etc). There are quite a few people coming through there, so dolls won't be lying on the ground like that.
Oh well. Photographers love to do dramatic shots.

I wouldn't be so sure of that. The dolls, etc. had to come from somewhere, and I doubt the photographers brought nasty, messed up toys with them to place in the photos to add effect. Besides, if I were a tourist visiting Chernobyl, I sure as hell wouldn't touch a dirty, radiation soaked child's toy - let alone pick it up and keep it as a souvenir.

Trust me, what you see are considered pretty much 'touristy' photos of Pripyat' right now, since they are so common. There are dozens if not hundreds of these photos on the web, and in communities devoted to post-nuclear future. The shots of kindergarten, the ferris wheel, the military equipment graveyard are a 'must' for everyone who goes there.

These dolls don't belong there, and never had. They are indeed local, in a sense that they were abandoned in Pripyat', but they don't lie on the ground just like that there.

dirty, radiation soaked child's toy

You'd be surprised what people try to bring as a souvenir. And, the toy does not necessarily have to be soaked (no, radiation does not work like that). It may have an elevated level of radioactivity, but not that much.

 

[sierrita]

Lots of Chernobyl here.

"Ghost Town and Land of the Wolves" link on the top left.....enjoy.

 

[paulney]

Originally posted by: sierrita
Lots of Chernobyl here.

I hope everybody knows by now she didn't take those photos blazing around on a bike...

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: paulney
And I can see that quite a few of the photos are staged (with dolls on the ground, etc). There are quite a few people coming through there, so dolls won't be lying on the ground like that.
Oh well. Photographers love to do dramatic shots.

What?

You would have to be an idiot to touch anything.