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For those of you who remember, I had went to Chernobyl 2 years ago and posted some pics here on MR. Many people took great interest in the thread and the topic to the point where, two years later I still get PMs asking me about my trip and pictures.
It seems I went back this year and took more pictures for your viewing pleasure. Thanks to the positive feedback I got last time around, I decided to post them again.
For those that do not know, Chernobyl is the site of the 1986 nuclear disaster in Ukraine. Prypiat is the city 4KM away. This is all explained in my first thread...if you have not seen it, here is the link: http://montrealracing.com/forums/showthread.php?t=583423&highlight=chernobyl
The old thread has a lot of information about radiation, the accident, the region, etc...If you have not read it, i think its worth taking a look at.
Anyways...This time I had the entire day to walk around the city. I explored many building including some that I had been asked about in the last thread (ie the swimming pool which was made popular by Call of Duty and other games).
I am also planning to go back next year to stay there over night! :run:
Finally as a BONUS, I will post pictures taken by a friend. He is in love with the place and has been there more than a dozen times. He is somewhat a professional photographer and the pictures he takes are taken with a Mamiya rb 67. For those that do not know photography it is a film camera that is fully manual. Every setting has to be adjusted by hand. Exposure is determined using a handheld light meter. A roll of film for this camera has between 8-12 shots depending on the size of the film and the resolution is simply astounding.
I really have to give this guy credit. First of all for the great pictures he takes and secondly for his help in getting me in the zone.
His name is Dimitrij Shkvarchenko (Дмитрий Шкварченко)
His website: http://schkwara.io.ua/
More of his work: http://schkwara.io.ua/album
If you have any questions about the pictures or the trip, feel free to ask.
PS: If anybody wants, for a desktop background or something, both mine and Dimitrij's pictures are available in high resolution. Just let me know...
Enjoy:
Reactor in the Distance:
This road leads to Bielorussia:
The closest point you can get to the reactor without needing authorization from some very highly ranked military officials. Armed guard sits in the booth at the gate!
City Center. View from the ground:
General Purpose building. It has a movie theater inside. I went it, its really insane but was much to dark to try and take pictures without a tripod, which i did not have handy.The City's Hotel.
The City's Hotel.
This is some sort of electrical control room in one of the buildings. Door says: No Trespassing. Live Current. Dangerous for life!
The Hotel's Kitchen:
Hotel Lobby...lool really doesn't look like much
Hotel Elevators
Funny story, apparently this guy is now dubbed one of the X-Mens...The name given to him is "The electrical plug" because of the electrical wire sticking out of his eyes.
This is inside the general purpose building that I mentioned above.
Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev: credited as being the creator of the first version of the periodic table of elements.
In case of fire call 9-01
Behind this is the movie theater. It is accessed by the lower floor.
The remains of a grocery store...The blue signs indicate what products are in every isle, just like we have here.
Little girl crying:
A guy doing graffiti behind the movie theater.
walking up the stairs...the doors lead to walkways along the ceiling of the movie theater.
Dosimeter or geiger counter, what ever you want to call it...showing about 20 millirads/hr
The entire dosimeter
Ahhh, the famous ferris wheel.
Measuring radiation once again...
Showing about 50 rads per hour.
Location: Right next to the bumper cars.
Notice in the other picture, the dosimeter was set to a multiplying factor of X0.1. At this setting, it goes of the chart so we bump it up to X1 and it shows about 50.
The bumper cars. Highly Radioactive!
This is an interesting building...were going inside. Its a sports complex!
What remains of a basket ball court. I didn't even know they play basket ball back in the soviet union lol
April 21
Finally, the famous swimming pool. The took out the steps to get on the diving board so that no one does anything stupid. You can still however get on it through a metal walk way that goes around. You can barely see it, it goes along where the windows are at the height of the highest diving board. You see it better on the next picture.
I didn't take a picture of the deep end of the pool, but I can assure you that if you by chance slip down, there is no way you are getting out with out someones help. Its just impossible. The angle of the transition wall between the shallow and deep part is about 60 deg. you can't just run up...
there are about 7-8 sea mines drawn in the pool area. The girl is fishing for one of them!
Entrance to the Gymnasium
Women's shower...
It seems I went back this year and took more pictures for your viewing pleasure. Thanks to the positive feedback I got last time around, I decided to post them again.
For those that do not know, Chernobyl is the site of the 1986 nuclear disaster in Ukraine. Prypiat is the city 4KM away. This is all explained in my first thread...if you have not seen it, here is the link: http://montrealracing.com/forums/showthread.php?t=583423&highlight=chernobyl
The old thread has a lot of information about radiation, the accident, the region, etc...If you have not read it, i think its worth taking a look at.
Anyways...This time I had the entire day to walk around the city. I explored many building including some that I had been asked about in the last thread (ie the swimming pool which was made popular by Call of Duty and other games).
I am also planning to go back next year to stay there over night! :run:
Finally as a BONUS, I will post pictures taken by a friend. He is in love with the place and has been there more than a dozen times. He is somewhat a professional photographer and the pictures he takes are taken with a Mamiya rb 67. For those that do not know photography it is a film camera that is fully manual. Every setting has to be adjusted by hand. Exposure is determined using a handheld light meter. A roll of film for this camera has between 8-12 shots depending on the size of the film and the resolution is simply astounding.
I really have to give this guy credit. First of all for the great pictures he takes and secondly for his help in getting me in the zone.
His name is Dimitrij Shkvarchenko (Дмитрий Шкварченко)
His website: http://schkwara.io.ua/
More of his work: http://schkwara.io.ua/album
If you have any questions about the pictures or the trip, feel free to ask.
PS: If anybody wants, for a desktop background or something, both mine and Dimitrij's pictures are available in high resolution. Just let me know...
Enjoy:
Reactor in the Distance:
This road leads to Bielorussia:
The closest point you can get to the reactor without needing authorization from some very highly ranked military officials. Armed guard sits in the booth at the gate!
City Center. View from the ground:
General Purpose building. It has a movie theater inside. I went it, its really insane but was much to dark to try and take pictures without a tripod, which i did not have handy.The City's Hotel.
The City's Hotel.
This is some sort of electrical control room in one of the buildings. Door says: No Trespassing. Live Current. Dangerous for life!
The Hotel's Kitchen:
Hotel Lobby...lool really doesn't look like much
Hotel Elevators
Funny story, apparently this guy is now dubbed one of the X-Mens...The name given to him is "The electrical plug" because of the electrical wire sticking out of his eyes.
This is inside the general purpose building that I mentioned above.
Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev: credited as being the creator of the first version of the periodic table of elements.
In case of fire call 9-01
Behind this is the movie theater. It is accessed by the lower floor.
The remains of a grocery store...The blue signs indicate what products are in every isle, just like we have here.
Little girl crying:
A guy doing graffiti behind the movie theater.
walking up the stairs...the doors lead to walkways along the ceiling of the movie theater.
Dosimeter or geiger counter, what ever you want to call it...showing about 20 millirads/hr
The entire dosimeter
Ahhh, the famous ferris wheel.
Measuring radiation once again...
Showing about 50 rads per hour.
Location: Right next to the bumper cars.
Notice in the other picture, the dosimeter was set to a multiplying factor of X0.1. At this setting, it goes of the chart so we bump it up to X1 and it shows about 50.
The bumper cars. Highly Radioactive!
This is an interesting building...were going inside. Its a sports complex!
What remains of a basket ball court. I didn't even know they play basket ball back in the soviet union lol
April 21
Finally, the famous swimming pool. The took out the steps to get on the diving board so that no one does anything stupid. You can still however get on it through a metal walk way that goes around. You can barely see it, it goes along where the windows are at the height of the highest diving board. You see it better on the next picture.
I didn't take a picture of the deep end of the pool, but I can assure you that if you by chance slip down, there is no way you are getting out with out someones help. Its just impossible. The angle of the transition wall between the shallow and deep part is about 60 deg. you can't just run up...
there are about 7-8 sea mines drawn in the pool area. The girl is fishing for one of them!
Entrance to the Gymnasium
Women's shower...
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