Pripyat River, Chernobyl  region, Ukraine.

On April 26th 1986 the Chernobyl nuclear power plant had a melt down that released deadly radioactive material into the atmosphere and the ground. These photos show the destruction wreaked on the plant, and how even 25 years later there is still unlivable amounts of radiation in the area.

The Chernobyl nuclear power plant three days after the explosion in April, 1986. In front of the chimney is the destroyed 4th reactor.

Comparative pictures of Chernobyl from 30 years ago and nowadays.

Welcome to Prypiat, the home of the largest nuclear disaster in history, in the wintertime. Prypiat was founded in 1970 to house the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant workers. 
It is obviously closed now and is very spooky looking. It is amazing that there are still trees and plants that still grow there.

This collection of photographs of Chernobyl shows this place 25 years after the Chernobyl disaster, a nuclear power plant accident that occurred on April 26, 1986 in Ukraine.

You all heard about the Chernobyl tragedy, a nuclear accident that transformed the closest town of the power plant into a ghost town. If you ever played Call of Duty or STALKER then you definitely heard of it. The town is called Pripyat and little by little, it becomes a tourist attraction. 24 years after the explosion, people actually go visit this place. But the authorities decided to take this place to another level. Apparently, they want to turn the Zone of Alienation into a giant museum park. There is still a lot of radiation in there. I can already imagine a sign over an amusement park in Pripyat: “Welcome to the Pripyat Amusement Park, because it’s better to die with a smile”