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Chernobyl

The following photos were taken from within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in Ukraine on June 27, 2014. These photos predate the completion of the New Safe Confinement (NSC), which now covers the original Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant sarcophagus constructed in 1986.

A shrine near the entrance of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
Wild horses can be faintly seen in the distance.
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
The NSC (left) was constructed to cover the aging sarcophagus which contained the exploded reactor.
One of two railways eventually used to slide the NSC over the exploded reactor.
The Chernobyl Memorial—located approximately 200 yards away from the exploded reactor.
Catfish thrive in a river next to the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Some have lived long enough to reach six feet in length.
On the outskirts of the Kopachi kindergarten.
The city of Pripyat once housed approximately 50,000 residents. It is now entirely abandoned.
Inside a ruined gymnasium in Pripyat.
Pripyat's Middle School No. 3.
Gas masks litter a classroom floor and hang decoratively from the ceiling.
Bumper cars at the Pripyat amusement park.
The park was scheduled to open on May 1, 1986, just five days after the disaster on April 26, 1986.
One of many buildings claimed by nature in the city of Pripyat.
Various robots were used to construct the original sarcophagus in the aftermath of the disaster.
The Star of Wormwood Memorial Complex commemorates the towns that were evacuated after the disaster.
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