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Chernobyl's Ghost Metropolis Elena's Picture Tour of Environs 18 Years Later

Snapshot highlights from photojournalist Elena, who traveled there in Spring 2004 to view the remains of the worst nuclear disaster in history in which as many as 400,000 died.

Thumbnail Sketches compiled by Sterling D. Allan, with permission.
March 28, 2004

Source: http://elenaschernobyl.com/
(elenaschernobyl.com presents the following images in larger size on a single page)

http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/chapter24.html

        "In April 26, in year 1986 a guy named Akimov pushed wrong button and launched the biggest nuclear catastrophe." (Elena)

        "Who can count how many people died of radiation?  No one, even approximately. Some tell that 400,000 dead.  Soyuzchernobyl report of 300,000 people that died since 1986; and this is not over.  In 30 years people will still die." (Elena)

Elena

http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/chapter1.html

Hold-outs

After the disaster, 3,500 people returned; 400 are still alive.

http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/chapter3.html

Checkpoint

http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/chapter5.html
(chemsuit photo was not taken by Elena)

Response Team Vehicles Graveyard

Rendered unusable because of radiation.

http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/chapter6.html

Fire Station

http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/chapter7.html

Chernobyl

http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/chapter10.html

Busy Streets No More

Not one to be seen.

http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/chapter11.html
http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/chapter12.html

A Walk in the Park

http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/chapter18.html

Scenic Views No More

Building on right is the one where Elena took panorama photos below.  During disaster, people watched the glow of Chernobyl from here.

http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/chapter19.html

Ghost City Panorama

Entire city completely vacant.  See enlarged views.

http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/chapter22.html

Vacant River Port

http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/chapter6.html

Walk Through Town

http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/chapter13.html
http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/chapter15.html
http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/chapter17.html
http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/chapter20.html
http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/chapter23.html

Countryside

http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/chapter4.html
http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/chapter5.html
http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/chapter8.html
http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/chapter9.html

'Rec.' (Wreck) Center

http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/chapter24.html

Kindergarten

http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/chapter25.html
http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/chapter26.html

Credits

Special thanks to Aerielle Louise of http://lougentile.com/ who brought this to my attention.  And of course, a special thanks to Elena for bravely telling this story through photos.

Other Photos

 http://www.allvirtualware.com/ukrainianweb/images/chernobyl/chernobyl_zone.jpg

Chernobyl Fallout 1986

http://www.cmc.ec.gc.ca/~arqidor/ctbto/Chernobyl.gif

The distribution of Iodine-131 from the Chernobyl nuclear accident. The figure depicts the radioactivity field in Bq/kg at 850 mb. level on 00 UST, May 12, 1986, approximately 384 hours after the reactor explosion (the further details are discussed by Pudykiewicz, 1989) (ref)

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Contact

• Postal Address for Elena (ref)
  Ukraine 03187 Kiev-187 Zabolotnogo 20/A Post Box 25 Elena
• Elena's Webmaster: bob@elenaschernobyl.com

Page created by Sterling D. Allan, March 28, 2004
Last updated June 29, 2004