Drone Flight over Chernobyl

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[video=vimeo;112681885]http://vimeo.com/112681885[/video]

 

[RiverDave]

That video and the editing is amazing.. I wish he could've shown the sarcophagus, but I had a feeling the russian officials weren't going to allow it.

RD

 

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Just looks frozen in time... kind of spooky.

 

[RiverDave]

Just looks frozen in time... kind of spooky.

I don't know why, but I've always been fascinated with Chernobyl.. I've read tons of articles about it, and pictorials etc..

All the experts and people living in surrounding areas say that the sarcophogus is falling down, and it needs to be fixed, or rather another larger one put on top or there is going to be another problem. Scientists have said in the next 10 years it could turn into a real issue again if something isn't done.

Nobody seems to care about it though? Just like Fukishima.. That's a cluster fuck over there, and it's likely going to poison the entire pacific before it's all over, but nobody seems to care about that either? LOL It's just weird to me..

They still haven't remotely contained Fukashima, and they are just pumping water into it, and pulling water out and storing radio active water.. If you see how many giant tanks they have already stacked up in short order, you will understand where that's going.. Now 1/2 those tanks are leaking as well because they weren't built for permanent storage, they were temporary deals.. It's a real mess, and nobody is talking or even giving a shit about it.

RD

 

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I don't know why, but I've always been fascinated with Chernobyl.. I've read tons of articles about it, and pictorials etc..

All the experts and people living in surrounding areas say that the sarcophogus is falling down, and it needs to be fixed, or rather another larger one put on top or there is going to be another problem. Scientists have said in the next 10 years it could turn into a real issue again if something isn't done.

Nobody seems to care about it though? Just like Fukishima.. That's a cluster fuck over there, and it's likely going to poison the entire pacific before it's all over, but nobody seems to care about that either? LOL It's just weird to me..

They still haven't remotely contained Fukashima, and they are just pumping water into it, and pulling water out and storing radio active water.. If you see how many giant tanks they have already stacked up in short order, you will understand where that's going.. Now 1/2 those tanks are leaking as well because they weren't built for permanent storage, they were temporary deals.. It's a real mess, and nobody is talking or even giving a shit about it.

RD

Saw this earlier this year:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/04/27/science/chernobyl-capping-a-catastrophe.html?_r=0

Not sure if you could pay me enough to be on this project...

 

[C-2]

I too like following those sites - I've been hooked ever since seeing The China Syndrome.

Thansk for sharing

 

[Racey]

[video=youtube;INAlUGn0RYg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INAlUGn0RYg[/video]

 

[Earl-Bob]

I seen something on it the other day. There are people living there now !:skull

 

[Tank]

I too love the creepy frozen in time aspect of Chernobyl and other places.

You guys ever go to that chicks website that rides her motorcycle into Chernobyl all the time. Trippy

Found it...lots of great photos.

http://www.kiddofspeed.com

 

[W.O.T]

Thanks for sharing!

 

[koenig]

Cool video. There was something on like it the other day, I forget the channel. It is spooky. The designers of the PS3 game Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare nailed it detail wise for that game.

 

[was thatguy]

I too love the creepy frozen in time aspect of Chernobyl and other places.

You guys ever go to that chicks website that rides her motorcycle into Chernobyl all the time. Trippy

Found it...lots of great photos.

http://www.kiddofspeed.com

Wow, that is an amazing and jarring photo journal!

I never pictured it that way, more like just a big plant shut down. What an eye opener.

 

[pronstar]

Something to think about...
Arthur C. Clark once mused that some supernova explosions seen in the cosmos, could in fact simply be planetary-scale industrial accidents on populated alien worlds.

 

[t&y]

Cool video. There was something on like it the other day, I forget the channel. It is spooky. The designers of the PS3 game Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare nailed it detail wise for that game.

Lol yep, that's a great mission part of the game too.

 

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I too love the creepy frozen in time aspect of Chernobyl and other places.

You guys ever go to that chicks website that rides her motorcycle into Chernobyl all the time. Trippy

Found it...lots of great photos.

http://www.kiddofspeed.com

"They call it a town where time stands still. Maybe it is because the clocks here don't measure time - they measure radiation levels."

Very good read :thumbup:

 

[koenig]

Lol yep, that's a great mission part of the game too.

It was my favorite mission level.

 

[C-2]

Something to think about...
Arthur C. Clark once mused that some supernova explosions seen in the cosmos, could in fact simply be planetary-scale industrial accidents on populated alien worlds.

Yeah thanks, now I won't be able to sleep for the next month

Interesting thoughts

 

[was thatguy]

Something to think about...
Arthur C. Clark once mused that some supernova explosions seen in the cosmos, could in fact simply be planetary-scale industrial accidents on populated alien worlds.

Yeah thanks, now I won't be able to sleep for the next month

Interesting thoughts

Don't worry, we will know when we've gone too far...they will come back and flood the planet again...:thumbup::yikes

 

[Boschma]

Chernobyl has always fascinated me also....so crazy to see a place completely abandoned like that.

 

[Kylemenz1]

It's cool to see Mother Nature take over

 

[Tank]

Chernobyl has always fascinated me also....so crazy to see a place completely abandoned like that.

I've always dug abandoned paces. Whether it's Chernobyl, that amusement park in china, the rock island off of Japan (battleship rock I think), bodie, etc. It's very intriguing to see life just stop. Guess it's an introspect on our own mortality.

 

[C-2]

I've always dug abandoned paces. Whether it's Chernobyl, that amusement park in china, the rock island off of Japan (battleship rock I think), bodie, etc. It's very intriguing to see life just stop. Guess it's an introspect on our own mortality.

Bodie - went there in boy scouts. Trippy little town for sure, I was not old enough to understand the impact of packing up and leaving overnight. Now that I'm married, I understand it a little better :yikes

 

[Tank]

Bodie - went there in boy scouts. Trippy little town for sure, I was not old enough to understand the impact of packing up and leaving overnight. Now that I'm married, I understand it a little better :yikes

Never been ALWAYS wanted to go. I guess in it's hey day it was quite the violent gun slinger town. Kindve hell on wheels/deadwood esq

 

[bonesfab]

Saw the Kidd of speed years ago.. Amazing what happened over there.. The silence would be the hardest part of it.. Very cool bit of modern history that shouldn't be forgotten..