Please, be advised this blog contains photographs of disfigured people and animals, victims of radiation. If you are sensitive to this kind of materials, please do not scroll down below a warning in red in the middle of the blog.
I was a kid, when it happened. We were scared. People, who went to clean up the disaster area knew they are most like y going to die. It has been over 20 years now, but people still live with the consequences, whether they left the area or stayed around the city of Pripyat.
Toy
fallen
boot
The images above were taken from: http://znyata.com/blinov1/index.php
Contaminated
The inscription on the truck above reads “Contaminated”.
Kindergarten
Children were being evacuated. Their beds left unmade – they were waken from their naps. 1986.
Responder
First responders died within years or months from the tragedy.
Another responder
The above photos are taken from: http://www.sovietmuseum.ru/
left behind
no more fun
frozen in time
The building still bears the device of the Soviet Union. Taken from a popular Russian blogger:http://www.tema.ru/travel/chernobyl/
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baby
baby
bird
cow?
Above all else, I hope that this never happens again. Anywhere.
Burnt by the Sun 