The photographer Chris Wevers had the courage to visit Chernobyl in the Ukraine. Actually they are building a new concrete shelter roof to cover the nuclear disaster. After Fukushima this Chernobyl as an unforgettable lesson crept into our minds again. And because I just wrote an article about the city Dnipropetrovsk, also Ukraine, I asked the photographer Chris Wevers to share three of his Chernobyl documents: (1) a merry-go-round, never used, (2) a swimming-pool, dry, in Pripyat, and (3) some tanks and trucks still radioactive: click on the pictures to enter the flickr galleries of Chris Wevers…
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shocking gallery:
http://www.pphotography.net/2010/09/chernobyl-by-paul-fusco.html
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Would be cool to see Chernobyl They’ve started arranging tours there. there’s something freaky & attractive about abandoned cities.
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sometimes, taking photos in Germany at abandoned locations, I thought: “Looks like Chernobyl – but (thanks God) not radioactive …”
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Very interesting but I don’t think I would have the courage..
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related:
http://nuclear-news.net/2012/04/30/3-000-of-chernobyls-most-vulnerable-children-helped-to-safety-and-care/
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CHERNOBYL BY CHRIS WEVERS
Posted by frizztext on April 30, 2012 · 4 Comments
The photographer Chris Wevers had the courage to visit Chernobyl in the Ukraine. Actually they are building a new concrete shelter roof to cover the nuclear disaster. After Fukushima this Chernobyl as an unforgettable lesson crept into our minds again. And because I just wrote an article about the city Dnipropetrovsk, also Ukraine, I asked the photographer Chris Wevers to share three of his Chernobyl documents: (1) a merry-go-round, never used, (2) a swimming-pool, dry, in Pripyat, and (3) some tanks and trucks still radioactive: click on the pictures to enter the flickr galleries of Chris Wevers…
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related:
http://nuclear-news.net/2012/04/30/the-transition-from-nuclear-energy-fossil-fuels-to-efficiency-renewables-and-smart-grids/
“Electric utilities and policymakers in Japan and Germany have been scrambling to find ways to compensate for nuclear power plants shut down in the aftermath of Fukushima…”
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So tragic, the whole thing! But still very interesting to read and see the area.
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this is so sad -what incredible photos and thank you for sharing. It is interesting to read everyone’s thoughts/comments as well.
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Amazing photos
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So haunting…
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Couldn’t do it myself. Great photos though.
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I’ve read somewhere that due to total absence of man in this area now, the flora and fauna has taken an incredible flight (without the expected ‘freaks-of-nature’ as a result of the radiation!).
Is this what the world will look like if one day mankind is just wiped-out…?? Nature taking over our artificial creations, blossoming like never before…
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trees and flowers, some insects and birds will take over …
title=”Hullo!” photo by macropoulos, on Flickr
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I think I’ve played Call of Duty round that Ferris Wheel.
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Wonderful to bring us up to date somewhat on how Chernobyl is in the present. You are right: it was very much on our minds after the Fukishima event in March of 2011. The “critters” taking over may be where my own critterly journey allegorical narrative poetry series is headed on my own blog.
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It is a sad place. May love spreads to this place forever.
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