http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/gallery/0000cxf2.xml http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/gallery/0000cxf2 Pictures of the Chernobyl city, the berth and the nature pictures of the Zone as well as some misc shots. <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment on it</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0003gkw5.xml http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/gallery/0000kb94.xml This is not yet The Zone. This is the final road to the control point.<br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0002gz4h.xml 553f59401c3f3f3f3f543f3f14573f20 image/jpeg 800 528 139331 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0002gz4h The Zone begins right after that curve.<br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0002q82d.xml 7d3f727b3f0252183f0b3f3f3f632020 image/jpeg 800 530 101151 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0002q82d This power lines are found in about five km after we have passed the control point. It's noise is very loud, you can barely stay here. Remember, the picture was taken at the time when the third reactor still worked. <br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0002r3tc.xml 3f11213f7033363f16273f3f3f3f3d71 image/jpeg 800 526 99629 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0002r3tc This is the opposite side of the <a href="http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0002r3tc/g12">previous picture</a>. <br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0002srss.xml 3f3f1a681e3f593f6d133f2c181d3f3f image/jpeg 800 535 83461 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0002srss This is a good picture that shows why it was a mistake to build a power plant here. Because all the ground of Polesye forest is a total swamp. Here you can see the spring flood. This is a railroad to the power plant. <br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/00029axc.xml 00223f3f123f07763f38077126773f76 image/jpeg 800 396 62263 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/00029axc Administration of the Zone is working here. This is Chernobyl city.<br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0002f6rt.xml 3f3f213f053f3f243f3f3f610e3f3f20 image/jpeg 800 686 238468 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0002f6rt This is how we have worked: you can see our small bus departing away and at the same time our operator starts the camera. The building is the communication office.<br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/00031rez.xml 3f643f3f494010083f3f3f2e3f3f3f3f image/jpeg 800 468 99167 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/00031rez Guess what? He is still there. <br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/00045x25.xml 3f3f793f2e583f3f7c4b3f3f3f3f103f image/jpeg 799 531 137246 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/00045x25 Vadim Voinov, our guide, standing by the administration building.<br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0003247r.xml 423f523f3f3f3f3f3f3f3f3f3f436620 image/jpeg 800 516 152722 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0003247r Black cars by the administration building<br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0003zyc7.xml 533f3f3f5a656c166dd0983f3f323f49 image/jpeg 470 705 76251 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0003zyc7 Chernobyl as seen from the roof of the administration building.<br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0003x3ry.xml 1c03533f2f3f3f6d270f3f3f01081320 image/jpeg 799 531 60724 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0003x3ry Chernobyl as seen from the roof of the administration building.<br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0003y2x6.xml 3f3f3f196e3f423f7e6d3f403f015c20 image/jpeg 799 531 57492 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0003y2x6 Something somewhere in the middle of the forest. <br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0002tx45.xml 3f2c333f40623f043f273f3f1f78183f image/jpeg 800 471 86157 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0002tx45 <br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0002wwxb.xml 6f3f544b3f3f3f723f693f3f3f4c6220 image/jpeg 800 379 69934 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0002wwxb Abandoned house in Chernobyl city.<br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0002z1x4.xml 6c5f3f7f3f3f3f3f6d69754b7e3f2020 image/jpeg 800 519 112018 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0002z1x4 Abandoned house in Chernobyl city.<br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0002yct3.xml 3f1978243f493f3b553f496d3f4e503f image/jpeg 800 482 119529 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0002yct3 This is an abandoned farm outside of the city.<br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/000301t4.xml 3f3f3a5b0c3e1b313f3f510f3f3f025f image/jpeg 800 237 42880 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/000301t4 Something somewhere in one of the cities.<br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/00033pka.xml 403f3f1e3f67593d3f3f503f3f0f3f3f image/jpeg 800 534 152646 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/00033pka Chernobyl city.<br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/00034k5q.xml 3f3f3f6c6c443f194b103f3f7e3f2020 image/jpeg 800 535 184106 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/00034k5q This used to be a fastfood restaurant which was given a straight sovietic name "Restaurant". It worked after the accident as well.<br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/00035tgb.xml 3f54293f084413083f3f3f793f3f3f20 image/jpeg 800 533 84815 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/00035tgb This used to be a cafe, called "Stalker" even before the accident. After it all happened, they have covered it with a lead plates and liquidator used to hide there in between work shifts. <br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/00036d97.xml 5f5c3f01593f64213d3c3f3f561b3f31 image/jpeg 800 431 70158 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/00036d97 The internet in the Zone is a big problem. One cannot use the existing pre-accident communications due to the fact that nobody supports them. Here you can see fallen wires.<br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/00037476.xml 3f7a3f3f3f713f7b053f3f573f7f474a image/jpeg 562 800 137275 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/00037476 This is a sports hall of the school or something alike. On the front you see a bus stop. On the right, our operator. He is smart enough to keep outside of the building. <br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0003ha9s.xml 3f663f623f62305305013f37097c3a12 image/jpeg 799 531 177162 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0003ha9s This was the local police department. I was stupid enough to enter here and take a look. I have found a portrait of Hitler on one of the walls in the hallway!<br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0003gkw5.xml 0e3f0b3f3f2708223f1d193f303f4b09 image/jpeg 799 531 182033 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0003gkw5 Some houses were so contaminated that liquidators had to destroy them to prevent looting. <br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0003k846.xml 1e3f613c3f3f3f3f4e343f623f426b20 image/jpeg 799 531 206227 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0003k846 This tree was so powerful so that it raised thru the second floor of the building. <br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0003f9yg.xml 3f3f3f73563f215451104f3f5c3f3f20 image/jpeg 467 703 109538 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0003f9yg <br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0003t7q9.xml 3f3f3f3f3f2c3f633f253f793f3f2020 image/jpeg 799 531 141982 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0003t7q9 <br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0003r9z2.xml 3f003f363f3908643f3f3f3a3f4e2020 image/jpeg 799 531 195821 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0003r9z2 <br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0003wpab.xml 3f373f3f613f3f3f273f4b3f3f202020 image/jpeg 799 531 189422 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0003wpab <br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0003qt4s.xml 3a002120222d68243f09193d283f593f image/jpeg 799 531 204860 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0003qt4s Note how many flowers. <br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0003pyex.xml 0c3f3f463f3f3f3f3b61073b00423f20 image/jpeg 799 531 221824 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0003pyex <br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0003sb59.xml 3f3f3f4a3f5a3e3a3f3f3f614e173f12 image/jpeg 799 531 144526 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0003sb59 This is one of the central places of the Chernobyl city. At the left there is a working grocery store for the Zone workers. At the right - the building where we lived during the trip.<br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/00044eyr.xml 4d4d33303f165e7b323f723f073f403e image/jpeg 799 385 72409 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/00044eyr This house is so important that it's building continued even in 1987. Then they gave up. Why? God knows. Soviet way of doing things.<br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0004388h.xml 7d3f353f553f3f233f3f3f3f3f762020 image/jpeg 799 531 132511 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0004388h This is the only mutation we have seen in the Zone.<br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0003as06.xml 682d353f3f2a3f30223f453f3f3f2e3f image/jpeg 800 581 124947 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0003as06 This is the only mutation we have seen in the Zone.<br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0003brgs.xml 213f3f2b3f3f3f4b3f3f3d3f1f3f303f image/jpeg 800 595 177767 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0003brgs There are so-called legal storages for contaminated products and illegal (temporary). Legal ones are specially equiped and guarded. Illegal stores happens when somebody decided to dump the contaminated product straight in the forrest - such happened in the early days. Here's one of such stores, you can see an armour-plated car and some junk around. I took this picture from far away as it's dangerous to approach such storages. All that storages are known and listed in a database.<br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0003cpw3.xml 283f223f3f3f013f283f3f273f1b7937 image/jpeg 800 554 155317 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0003cpw3 Found somewhere near the berth, it's just a ship engine. <br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/00039ts1.xml 3f3f3f3f433f3f1c3f3f173f39013f20 image/jpeg 800 554 90946 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/00039ts1 Another engine found by the berth.<br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0003dbp8.xml 3f3f3f3f3e3f3f06167d123f0b742120 image/jpeg 800 577 144522 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0003dbp8 Just a barge. My photography teacher cried when he seed this picture. "I used to work on that one", he said. <br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0003exa9.xml 3f3f3f3f3f043f3f3f3f15243f230c3f image/jpeg 800 530 111446 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0003exa9 <br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/00040tyb.xml 433f3f4d613f70563f113f3f261c3f2d image/jpeg 799 531 119144 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/00040tyb <br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/00041096.xml 3f51523f3f3f3f3f6b383f3f3f3e3f3f image/jpeg 799 531 96513 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/00041096 There are two bridges to the other side - the one that you can see on the picture and another one rightways (part of it also seen). Cameraman and other people walked the right bridge, and I somehow choosed to walk on the metal bridge. When our guide noticed me on that bridge, he was like hell, screaming at me to immediately go away. I took two pictures and ran back. The bridge is made of metal and therefore contaminated. On the middle-right you can see a building. They call it "an Island". This is a laboratory that does research on small expositions influence to animals and biology. <br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/000428z7.xml 3f5433063f0c3f3f4c573f3f413f3e20 image/jpeg 799 531 104566 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/000428z7 The road to nowhere.<br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0002e4h5.xml 3f3f0dd1854c3f5f3f3f3f7403593f20 image/jpeg 800 524 114320 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0002e4h5 This forest had survided a conflagration in 1992. All the radiation gathered in the forest during last years, turned into smoke that was beared with the wind towards Kiev and other cities. It was a dangerous situation #1 and was successfully fighted thanks to real heroes of our time, the firemans.<br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0002d5bw.xml 3f3f3f05793f304d383f2d133f3f3f00 image/jpeg 800 555 159162 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0002d5bw Imagine yourself driving a car across the abandoned territory and then you find a billboard like that in the place where people didn't step in for many many years. The sign says: "Forest is the beauty of nature". On the other side, another slogan stated: "Save the earth from the chernobyl radiation". Ridiculous. Think of it! Somebody issued an order to put two slogans in the middle of nowhere, putting people to exposure risks for... which reason? This is how things are getting done in USSR. :-( <br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0002bp6x.xml 3f053c3f3f200a063f3f473f7b3f2020 image/jpeg 800 455 73112 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0002bp6x This is a small yellow river. This is a bridge. We made a short stop there to smoke a cigarette or two, and discovered another <a href="http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0003cpw3/g12">illegal store</a> under the bridge - a truck with contaminated products in it. Abandoned years ago. <br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0002cpbd.xml 3f3f30683f0e3f3f24553f523f3f2020 image/jpeg 800 570 145387 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0002cpbd <br/><small><a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html?mode=reply">Comment</a> or <a href="http://egorka.livejournal.com/176212.html">read comments</a>.</small><br/> http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0002ap5q.xml 0c526a690e3f2e193f583f593f47503f image/jpeg 800 406 72939 http://pix.fine.kiev.ua/egor/pic/0002ap5q