Chernobyl nuclear explosion

[Mith]

This is a website about the Chernobyl nuclear reactor that blew up in Russia in April 1986. Its a photo account of someone who rides here bike into the area.
Pretty chilling stuff.
Website

There are some pictures of mutations about 3/4 the way through, caught me off guard. Bear it in mind, they are fine when you are expecting them

 

[Doc]

Very moving Mith. The pictures help, but it is really hard to comprehend the devastation. Good find!

 

[Mith]

Doc, I merely stole the link from MTF, credit goes to Durwood, thought it was definately worth the post here too.

 

[Melensdad]

Wow. Powerful website.

I only question the legitimacy of the deformed children, that looks like phelidomite (sp?) deformation [but even the author said she could not vouch for their legitimacy].

The remainder of the site was a chilling and yet still humanistic view of the area.

 

[thcri]

Doc, I merely stole the link from MTF, credit goes to Durwood, thought it was definately worth the post here too.

I think the girl that did the site is one wonderful girl to have the courage to go through all of that area. I don't think I would go through there.

But speaking of Durwood, what happened to him. He has not posted in over a month? Does anyone out there know why he doesn't come around anymore?

murph

 

[daedong]

Thanks for that Mith, great site.

 

[JayC]

That is a great site Mith. I quickly browsed through. I will go through more thoroughly at another time. The pictures are their own descriptions. No need for words. Did anyone download the video of the "Ghost Town"? It is about 56MB but is worth it. It is 5:37 in length.

 

[humor_me]

I think the girl that did the site is one wonderful girl to have the courage to go through all of that area. I don't think I would go through there.
murph

It it courage? or is she just educated? Her father was a nuclear physicist.

 

[humor_me]

That is a great site Mith. I quickly browsed through. I will go through more thoroughly at another time. The pictures are their own descriptions. No need for words. Did anyone download the video of the "Ghost Town"? It is about 56MB but is worth it. It is 5:37 in length.

I downloaded all the vids. They are cool. Some of them take so long to download, I though the program became non-responsive. (she needs more bandwidth)

Everyone should see this.

 

[JayC]

I downloaded all the vids. They are cool. Some of them take so long to download, I though the program became non-responsive. (she needs more bandwidth)

Everyone should see this.

I just downloaded the Ghost Town video. I don't know about the other ones, but when I downloaded the video I got 600kb/sec. I'm on DSL and it only took a couple minutes.

 

[Mith]

The Ghost town video D/L'd quickly for me too.

I would recommend those who just browsed the pictures go back and read it. I didnt want to read it but once I read the first few pages I was hooked Makes an good read.

I think that she knows what is safe and what isnt so she isnt scared to go there.

 

[thcri]

It it courage? or is she just educated? Her father was a nuclear physicist.

Even if just being educated to me that would be all the more reason to stay away, but being smart about it probably gives her the courage to go. Did I say that right?

 

[JayC]

I would recommend those who just browsed the pictures go back and read it. I didnt want to read it but once I read the first few pages I was hooked Makes an good read.

Well, I started to read it. I'm watching the other videos as I go along. I am on the chapter called "Hotel". It is very interesting. There is a lot to read, but I am going to go through it all. It's stuff like this that put it into perspective. Sure, you can see documentaries on TV, but they don't go into the detail like this site does.

 

[JayC]

I read through the whole Chernobyl site. All I can say is it was fascinating. The videos were really good, too. For those interested, the woman who runs the Chernobyl site also has another site with other stuff she digs up. It's interesting to see, too.

http://www.elenafilatova.com/

 

[JayC]

Did anyone download the "Ghost Town" song in the Afterwards section of the site? It is moving. I've listened to it a few times now. The song was made specifically for that site.

 

[Av8r3400]

Her site amazes me more and more every time I explore it some more.

Wow.

 

[Durwood RIP]

Thanks for the credit Mith, but i found it on another website a couple of years ago. Here is a pic and story from a newspaper last month when they were "celebrating"? (wrong choice of word) the 20th year since the explostion.

This text goes with the picture.

"Children walk through a display in the Ukrainian capital's Chernobyl museum on Tuesday, April 18, 2006. Hanging from the walls are signs of villages that no longer exist, all the residents were evacuated after the 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant spewed out huge amounts of radiation. Ukraine is preparing to mark the 20th anniversary of the explosion, which sent radioactive fallout across Europe. A Greenpeace report released Tuesday declared that more than 90,000 people were likely to die of cancers caused by Chernobyl radiation, sharply challenging a U.N. report that predicted far fewer deaths."

Hard to believe this many villages don't even exist anymore!