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The gallery has more photos such as this.
FYI it has been ~40 years
19,960 years left to go until it is habitable again
I bet I could live there and be fine. The pesky Russians might want to kick me out though
Kiyv oblast is not Russian last time I checked. The bears, wolves and workers might have a bone to pick with you though.
Aren’t Russian troops still there though?
No. They have left the place almost two years already
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/russians-leave-chornobyl-as-fighting-rages-elsewhere-1.5842259
Pripyat and Chernobyl are in Ukraine :)
There are (or were?) guided tours, but for a really good view of what it’s like there, I recommend Shiey’s Journey Across Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
He’s a Lithuanian YouTuber and thrill-seeker who illegally went there and had to run from security at one point, too. He found lots of signs of other “Stalkers,” including a group in the flesh that invited him for dinner.
I wonder if he was trying to say invading forces might want to kick him out.
Yes
the before wasn’t actually that bad compared to most places
I remember reading a while ago that Chernobyl has become a flourishing nature preserve. While animals have a health risk from radiation, it’s still a smaller health hazard than living near human settlements. It’s sad that our civilization is more destructive than an open nuclear core.
To be fair, it’s not open any more.
