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On April 26th, 1986, a number of wrong decisions have lead to greatest nuclear disaster of mankind. In the aftermath more than 200,000 people had be evacuated, 50,000 people alone from the town of Pripyat. This reportage explores the aftermath 35 years after the catastrophe, exploring the Nuclear Power Plant Chernobyl with its four different units (including infamous control room 4, where the fatal decisions happened). It also explores abandoned towns, the ghost-town of Pripyat. There are portraits of one of the last resettlers, elderly people who decided to live in the Zone.

On April 26th, 1986, a number of wrong decisions have lead to greatest nuclear disaster of mankind. In the aftermath more than 200,000 people had be evacuated, 50,000 people alone from the town of Pripyat. This reportage explores the aftermath 35 years after the catastrophe, exploring the Nuclear Power Plant Chernobyl with its four different units (including infamous control room 4, where the fatal decisions happened). It also explores abandoned towns, the ghost-town of Pripyat. There are portraits of one of the last resettlers, elderly people who decided to live in the Zone.

On April 26th, 1986, a number of wrong decisions have lead to greatest nuclear disaster of mankind. In the aftermath more than 200,000 people had be evacuated, 50,000 people alone from the town of Pripyat. This reportage explores the aftermath 35 years after the catastrophe, exploring the Nuclear Power Plant Chernobyl with its four different units (including infamous control room 4, where the fatal decisions happened). It also explores abandoned towns, the ghost-town of Pripyat. There are portraits of one of the last resettlers, elderly people who decided to live in the Zone.

On April 26th, 1986, a number of wrong decisions have lead to greatest nuclear disaster of mankind. In the aftermath more than 200,000 people had be evacuated, 50,000 people alone from the town of Pripyat. This reportage explores the aftermath 35 years after the catastrophe, exploring the Nuclear Power Plant Chernobyl with its four different units (including infamous control room 4, where the fatal decisions happened). It also explores abandoned towns, the ghost-town of Pripyat. There are portraits of one of the last resettlers, elderly people who decided to live in the Zone.

abandoned supermarket in Pripyat.

Posters and billboards for the May, 1st parade were stored inside a building in Pripyat and are still visible 35 years after the nuclear disaster.

An abandoned car in front of Pripyats firestation where the first emergency calls were received following the explosion of Reactor one inside the Nuclear Power Plant Chernobyl.

Thousands of vehicles have been used during the intense cleanup following the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl. All the vehicles were extremly contaminated. There were different graveyards, some of them have been illeagally stripped for scrap metal, others were later buried in the ground. This image is taken in a vehicle-graveyard next to the firestation in Pripyat.

The abandoned town of Pripyat.

The famous ferry wheel of Pripyat. The amusment park was scheduled to open on May 1st, 1986 but due to the nulcear disaster following the explosion of Reactor one at the Nuclear Power Plant Chernobyl, the amusement park was never opend and used.

The famous ferry wheel of Pripyat with abandoned buildings in the background. The amusment park was scheduled to open on May 1st, 1986 but due to the nulcear disaster following the explosion of Reactor one at the Nuclear Power Plant Chernobyl, the amusement park was never opend and used.

Part of Pripyat's amusement park. The amusment park was scheduled to open on May 1st, 1986 but due to the nulcear disaster following the explosion of Reactor one at the Nuclear Power Plant Chernobyl, the amusement park was never opend and used.

An abandoned tower building in the streets of Pripyat with a hammer and sickle emblem on the top of the 16 story building. Pripyat was once home to 50,000 people but is a ghost town since the nuclear disaster of Chernobyl.

Thousands of vehicles have been used during the intense cleanup following the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl. All the vehicles were extremly contaminated. There were different graveyards, some of them have been illeagally stripped for scrap metal, others were later buried in the ground. This image is taken in a vehicle-graveyard next to the firestation in Pripyat.

Thousands of vehicles have been used during the intense cleanup following the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl. All the vehicles were extremly contaminated. There were different graveyards, some of them have been illeagally stripped for scrap metal, others were later buried in the ground. This image is taken in a vehicle-graveyard next to the firestation in Pripyat.

Remains of the stained glass facade of Café Pripyat are seen through a broken window inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Pripyat, once a town of 50,000 residents, became a ghost town after evacuation following the explosion of Nuclear Reactor Number Four at the Chernobyl Power Plant.

Graffiti in the streets of Pripyat.

Dusk in the streets of Pripyat.

The abandoned town of Prypjat covered in snow. Prypjat used to be home for more than 50,000 people but had to be evacuated and abandoned after the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.

Remains of the stained glass facade of Café Pripyat are seen through a broken window inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Pripyat, once a town of 50,000 residents, became a ghost town after evacuation following the explosion of Nuclear Reactor Number Four at the Chernobyl Power Plant.

A letterbox in the streets of Pripyat.

The supermarket in the abandoned town of Prypjat. Prypjat used to be home for more than 50,000 people but had to be evacuated and abandoned after the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.

Pianos stay inside an abandoned market place in the town of Prypjat. Prypjat used to be home for more than 50,000 people but had to be evacuated and abandoned after the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.

The abandoned town of Prypjat covered in snow. Prypjat used to be home for more than 50,000 people but had to be evacuated and abandoned after the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.

The abandoned town of Prypjat covered in snow. Prypjat used to be home for more than 50,000 people but had to be evacuated and abandoned after the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.

The abandoned town of Prypjat covered in snow. Prypjat used to be home for more than 50,000 people but had to be evacuated and abandoned after the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.

Visitors walking in the abandoned town of Prypjat covered in snow. Prypjat used to be home for more than 50,000 people but had to be evacuated and abandoned after the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.

The abandoned town of Prypjat covered in snow. Prypjat used to be home for more than 50,000 people but had to be evacuated and abandoned after the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.

The abandoned town of Prypjat covered in snow. Prypjat used to be home for more than 50,000 people but had to be evacuated and abandoned after the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.

Beautiful mosaic in the abandoned town of Prypjat covered in snow. Prypjat used to be home for more than 50,000 people but had to be evacuated and abandoned after the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.

Snow is falling at the entrance of the infamous Red Forest in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
. Red Forest gained its name from the colour of the trees after they died following the absorption of high levels of radiation.
. After the nuclear disaster, parts of the Red Forest were bulldozed and buried by liquidators in waste gravevards. The sign in the image is reffering to such a "temporarily" graveyard.
. The site remains one of the most contaminated areas in the world today.

Soviet propaganda grafitti on the wall of a house in Chernobyl-2. DUGA radar station in the secret town of Chernobyl-2. It is one of the six components of Duga ("Arc") over-the-horizon radar complex. Designed in 1970s to detect launches of U.S. ICBMs to Soviet Union. It is a complex of more than 30 structures, the center of which is a breath taking antenna array; 148 x 500 m and 98 x 250 m. Major landmarks here are the communication center building and apartment complex, that was a home for approximately 1000 people.
As the Chernobyl disaster caused a contamination of Chernobyl-2, and then followed by the end of the Cold War seeing the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Duga project ended badly. It was cancelled and all the components were destroyed, except an array at Chernobyl-2.

DUGA radar station in the secret town of Chernobyl-2. It is one of the six components of Duga ("Arc") over-the-horizon radar complex. Designed in 1970s to detect launches of U.S. ICBMs to Soviet Union. It is a complex of more than 30 structures, the center of which is a breath taking antenna array; 148 x 500 m and 98 x 250 m. Major landmarks here are the communication center building and apartment complex, that was a home for approximately 1000 people.
As the Chernobyl disaster caused a contamination of Chernobyl-2, and then followed by the end of the Cold War seeing the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Duga project ended badly. It was cancelled and all the components were destroyed, except an array at Chernobyl-2.

DUGA radar station in the secret town of Chernobyl-2. It is one of the six components of Duga ("Arc") over-the-horizon radar complex. Designed in 1970s to detect launches of U.S. ICBMs to Soviet Union. It is a complex of more than 30 structures, the center of which is a breath taking antenna array; 148 x 500 m and 98 x 250 m. Major landmarks here are the communication center building and apartment complex, that was a home for approximately 1000 people.
As the Chernobyl disaster caused a contamination of Chernobyl-2, and then followed by the end of the Cold War seeing the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Duga project ended badly. It was cancelled and all the components were destroyed, except an array at Chernobyl-2.

DUGA radar station in the secret town of Chernobyl-2. It is one of the six components of Duga ("Arc") over-the-horizon radar complex. Designed in 1970s to detect launches of U.S. ICBMs to Soviet Union. It is a complex of more than 30 structures, the center of which is a breath taking antenna array; 148 x 500 m and 98 x 250 m. Major landmarks here are the communication center building and apartment complex, that was a home for approximately 1000 people.
As the Chernobyl disaster caused a contamination of Chernobyl-2, and then followed by the end of the Cold War seeing the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Duga project ended badly. It was cancelled and all the components were destroyed, except an array at Chernobyl-2.

Inside the DUGA radar station in the secret town of Chernobyl-2. It is one of the six components of Duga ("Arc") over-the-horizon radar complex. Designed in 1970s to detect launches of U.S. ICBMs to Soviet Union. It is a complex of more than 30 structures, the center of which is a breath taking antenna array; 148 x 500 m and 98 x 250 m. Major landmarks here are the communication center building and apartment complex, that was a home for approximately 1000 people.
As the Chernobyl disaster caused a contamination of Chernobyl-2, and then followed by the end of the Cold War seeing the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Duga project ended badly. It was cancelled and all the components were destroyed, except an array at Chernobyl-2.

DUGA radar station in the secret town of Chernobyl-2. It is one of the six components of Duga ("Arc") over-the-horizon radar complex. Designed in 1970s to detect launches of U.S. ICBMs to Soviet Union. It is a complex of more than 30 structures, the center of which is a breath taking antenna array; 148 x 500 m and 98 x 250 m. Major landmarks here are the communication center building and apartment complex, that was a home for approximately 1000 people.
As the Chernobyl disaster caused a contamination of Chernobyl-2, and then followed by the end of the Cold War seeing the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Duga project ended badly. It was cancelled and all the components were destroyed, except an array at Chernobyl-2.

Abandonend and broken parts of the DUGA radar station in the secret town of Chernobyl-2. It is one of the six components of Duga ("Arc") over-the-horizon radar complex. Designed in 1970s to detect launches of U.S. ICBMs to Soviet Union. It is a complex of more than 30 structures, the center of which is a breath taking antenna array; 148 x 500 m and 98 x 250 m. Major landmarks here are the communication center building and apartment complex, that was a home for approximately 1000 people.
As the Chernobyl disaster caused a contamination of Chernobyl-2, and then followed by the end of the Cold War seeing the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Duga project ended badly. It was cancelled and all the components were destroyed, except an array at Chernobyl-2.