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Next to the damaged reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, a huge construction site is still frozen in time: units 5 and 6, never completed. Two cooling towers were being built for that expansion — one lower, one rising much higher. This is the taller one. If you look closely at the rim, you can still see the scaffolding and the formwork traces up there, like the last sentence of a project that was never allowed to end properly.
Inside, it’s pure scale. The white tiled skin curves upward into a perfect circle of sky, and the concrete pillars stand like unfinished punctuation marks. The catwalk leads the eye straight into that “eye” above — a view that had been stuck in my head for a long time, and one I hadn’t seen before in quite this way.
Getting to the spot wasn’t casual. It was dangerous — but it wasn’t reckless. Roughly ten meters up, balancing on a narrow concrete beam, you feel every step and every shift of weight. The only way it makes sense is with a clear plan, full focus, and an honest assessment of what you can handle. With a partner handing up the camera it becomes more manageable and predictable. Alone, the same line would carry a very different kind of risk — not just physically, but mentally too, because there’s no buffer if something goes wrong.
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Cast Of Chernobyl ~ Build LDN ~ London ~ England ~ Tuesday May 7th 2019.
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My entry for the Marchitecture 2017 contest (Category 1). Model of the recently completed NSC unit covering the Chernobyl sarcophagus. The site will be operational by the end of 2017.
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A lonely angel stands atop this stretch of toxic earth, a trumpet pressed to her lips in a silent song. The sculpture, created by Ukranian artist Anatoly Haidamaka, is a poignant tribute to those who perished in one of the world’s worst nuclear disasters.
Revisiting some of my old photos
One of 2 huge cooling towers designed to stop the reactors in the plant form overheating. While long since disused, this was an area never properly cleared after the accident and consequently, general levels of radioactivity are higher than normal, but particularly high on the moss that covers the base of the tower.
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Here's another photo of the dodgems at Pripyat's abandoned amusement park.
The park was due to have its grand opening on 1st May 1986, in time for the May Day celebrations. These plans were cancelled on 26 April 1986, when the Chernobyl disaster occurred a few kilometres away.
FUJIFILM XT-2 | XF18-55mm F2.8-4 R LM OIS lens at 18mm | ƒ2.8 | 1/300 sec | ISO 200 | Handheld | No filters | Taken 06-05-2019 at Pripyat
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