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  • A California-based disaster shelter company says it has experienced a huge surge in demand for underground bunkers amid the coronavirus crisis. Atlas Survival Shelters — which makes and installs underground bunkers that can withstand nuclear disasters and fire — says they have almost entirely sold out of its inventory, bar a few very small shelters. The Montebello-based company offers shelter ranging in size from 100sq ft for two people, to much larger and more luxurious designs that can accommodate around 25 people. With prices anywhere between $20,000 to $250,000. Atlas Survial Shelters owner Ron Hubbard told the Los Angeles Times: ‘No one is buying a bunker only because of coronavirus. ‘The people buying a bunker wanted a bunker before corona, but this has pushed them. This was the straw that broke the camel’s back. They’re like, “Let’s just do it.”’ Speaking about the huge demand, Hubbard said: ‘I sold two within 30 seconds today… that were almost a quarter-million [dollars] apiece.’ He added that some of his clientele included celebrities that ‘you see in magazines literally every week’. 02 Apr 2020 Pictured: Atlas Survival Shelters in Montebello, California, has experienced a huge surge in demand for underground bunkers amid the coronavirus pandemic. Photo credit: Atlas Survival Shelters/ MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342
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  • A California-based disaster shelter company says it has experienced a huge surge in demand for underground bunkers amid the coronavirus crisis. Atlas Survival Shelters — which makes and installs underground bunkers that can withstand nuclear disasters and fire — says they have almost entirely sold out of its inventory, bar a few very small shelters. The Montebello-based company offers shelter ranging in size from 100sq ft for two people, to much larger and more luxurious designs that can accommodate around 25 people. With prices anywhere between $20,000 to $250,000. Atlas Survial Shelters owner Ron Hubbard told the Los Angeles Times: ‘No one is buying a bunker only because of coronavirus. ‘The people buying a bunker wanted a bunker before corona, but this has pushed them. This was the straw that broke the camel’s back. They’re like, “Let’s just do it.”’ Speaking about the huge demand, Hubbard said: ‘I sold two within 30 seconds today… that were almost a quarter-million [dollars] apiece.’ He added that some of his clientele included celebrities that ‘you see in magazines literally every week’. 02 Apr 2020 Pictured: Atlas Survival Shelters in Montebello, California, has experienced a huge surge in demand for underground bunkers amid the coronavirus pandemic. Photo credit: Atlas Survival Shelters/ MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342
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  • A California-based disaster shelter company says it has experienced a huge surge in demand for underground bunkers amid the coronavirus crisis. Atlas Survival Shelters — which makes and installs underground bunkers that can withstand nuclear disasters and fire — says they have almost entirely sold out of its inventory, bar a few very small shelters. The Montebello-based company offers shelter ranging in size from 100sq ft for two people, to much larger and more luxurious designs that can accommodate around 25 people. With prices anywhere between $20,000 to $250,000. Atlas Survial Shelters owner Ron Hubbard told the Los Angeles Times: ‘No one is buying a bunker only because of coronavirus. ‘The people buying a bunker wanted a bunker before corona, but this has pushed them. This was the straw that broke the camel’s back. They’re like, “Let’s just do it.”’ Speaking about the huge demand, Hubbard said: ‘I sold two within 30 seconds today… that were almost a quarter-million [dollars] apiece.’ He added that some of his clientele included celebrities that ‘you see in magazines literally every week’. 02 Apr 2020 Pictured: Atlas Survival Shelters in Montebello, California, has experienced a huge surge in demand for underground bunkers amid the coronavirus pandemic. Photo credit: Atlas Survival Shelters/ MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342
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  • A California-based disaster shelter company says it has experienced a huge surge in demand for underground bunkers amid the coronavirus crisis. Atlas Survival Shelters — which makes and installs underground bunkers that can withstand nuclear disasters and fire — says they have almost entirely sold out of its inventory, bar a few very small shelters. The Montebello-based company offers shelter ranging in size from 100sq ft for two people, to much larger and more luxurious designs that can accommodate around 25 people. With prices anywhere between $20,000 to $250,000. Atlas Survial Shelters owner Ron Hubbard told the Los Angeles Times: ‘No one is buying a bunker only because of coronavirus. ‘The people buying a bunker wanted a bunker before corona, but this has pushed them. This was the straw that broke the camel’s back. They’re like, “Let’s just do it.”’ Speaking about the huge demand, Hubbard said: ‘I sold two within 30 seconds today… that were almost a quarter-million [dollars] apiece.’ He added that some of his clientele included celebrities that ‘you see in magazines literally every week’. 02 Apr 2020 Pictured: Atlas Survival Shelters in Montebello, California, has experienced a huge surge in demand for underground bunkers amid the coronavirus pandemic. Photo credit: Atlas Survival Shelters/ MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342
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  • A California-based disaster shelter company says it has experienced a huge surge in demand for underground bunkers amid the coronavirus crisis. Atlas Survival Shelters — which makes and installs underground bunkers that can withstand nuclear disasters and fire — says they have almost entirely sold out of its inventory, bar a few very small shelters. The Montebello-based company offers shelter ranging in size from 100sq ft for two people, to much larger and more luxurious designs that can accommodate around 25 people. With prices anywhere between $20,000 to $250,000. Atlas Survial Shelters owner Ron Hubbard told the Los Angeles Times: ‘No one is buying a bunker only because of coronavirus. ‘The people buying a bunker wanted a bunker before corona, but this has pushed them. This was the straw that broke the camel’s back. They’re like, “Let’s just do it.”’ Speaking about the huge demand, Hubbard said: ‘I sold two within 30 seconds today… that were almost a quarter-million [dollars] apiece.’ He added that some of his clientele included celebrities that ‘you see in magazines literally every week’. 02 Apr 2020 Pictured: Atlas Survival Shelters in Montebello, California, has experienced a huge surge in demand for underground bunkers amid the coronavirus pandemic. Photo credit: Atlas Survival Shelters/ MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342
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  • A California-based disaster shelter company says it has experienced a huge surge in demand for underground bunkers amid the coronavirus crisis. Atlas Survival Shelters — which makes and installs underground bunkers that can withstand nuclear disasters and fire — says they have almost entirely sold out of its inventory, bar a few very small shelters. The Montebello-based company offers shelter ranging in size from 100sq ft for two people, to much larger and more luxurious designs that can accommodate around 25 people. With prices anywhere between $20,000 to $250,000. Atlas Survial Shelters owner Ron Hubbard told the Los Angeles Times: ‘No one is buying a bunker only because of coronavirus. ‘The people buying a bunker wanted a bunker before corona, but this has pushed them. This was the straw that broke the camel’s back. They’re like, “Let’s just do it.”’ Speaking about the huge demand, Hubbard said: ‘I sold two within 30 seconds today… that were almost a quarter-million [dollars] apiece.’ He added that some of his clientele included celebrities that ‘you see in magazines literally every week’. 02 Apr 2020 Pictured: Atlas Survival Shelters in Montebello, California, has experienced a huge surge in demand for underground bunkers amid the coronavirus pandemic. Photo credit: Atlas Survival Shelters/ MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342
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  • A California-based disaster shelter company says it has experienced a huge surge in demand for underground bunkers amid the coronavirus crisis. Atlas Survival Shelters — which makes and installs underground bunkers that can withstand nuclear disasters and fire — says they have almost entirely sold out of its inventory, bar a few very small shelters. The Montebello-based company offers shelter ranging in size from 100sq ft for two people, to much larger and more luxurious designs that can accommodate around 25 people. With prices anywhere between $20,000 to $250,000. Atlas Survial Shelters owner Ron Hubbard told the Los Angeles Times: ‘No one is buying a bunker only because of coronavirus. ‘The people buying a bunker wanted a bunker before corona, but this has pushed them. This was the straw that broke the camel’s back. They’re like, “Let’s just do it.”’ Speaking about the huge demand, Hubbard said: ‘I sold two within 30 seconds today… that were almost a quarter-million [dollars] apiece.’ He added that some of his clientele included celebrities that ‘you see in magazines literally every week’. 02 Apr 2020 Pictured: Atlas Survival Shelters in Montebello, California, has experienced a huge surge in demand for underground bunkers amid the coronavirus pandemic. Photo credit: Atlas Survival Shelters/ MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342
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  • A California-based disaster shelter company says it has experienced a huge surge in demand for underground bunkers amid the coronavirus crisis. Atlas Survival Shelters — which makes and installs underground bunkers that can withstand nuclear disasters and fire — says they have almost entirely sold out of its inventory, bar a few very small shelters. The Montebello-based company offers shelter ranging in size from 100sq ft for two people, to much larger and more luxurious designs that can accommodate around 25 people. With prices anywhere between $20,000 to $250,000. Atlas Survial Shelters owner Ron Hubbard told the Los Angeles Times: ‘No one is buying a bunker only because of coronavirus. ‘The people buying a bunker wanted a bunker before corona, but this has pushed them. This was the straw that broke the camel’s back. They’re like, “Let’s just do it.”’ Speaking about the huge demand, Hubbard said: ‘I sold two within 30 seconds today… that were almost a quarter-million [dollars] apiece.’ He added that some of his clientele included celebrities that ‘you see in magazines literally every week’. 02 Apr 2020 Pictured: Atlas Survival Shelters in Montebello, California, has experienced a huge surge in demand for underground bunkers amid the coronavirus pandemic. Photo credit: Atlas Survival Shelters/ MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342
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  • A California-based disaster shelter company says it has experienced a huge surge in demand for underground bunkers amid the coronavirus crisis. Atlas Survival Shelters — which makes and installs underground bunkers that can withstand nuclear disasters and fire — says they have almost entirely sold out of its inventory, bar a few very small shelters. The Montebello-based company offers shelter ranging in size from 100sq ft for two people, to much larger and more luxurious designs that can accommodate around 25 people. With prices anywhere between $20,000 to $250,000. Atlas Survial Shelters owner Ron Hubbard told the Los Angeles Times: ‘No one is buying a bunker only because of coronavirus. ‘The people buying a bunker wanted a bunker before corona, but this has pushed them. This was the straw that broke the camel’s back. They’re like, “Let’s just do it.”’ Speaking about the huge demand, Hubbard said: ‘I sold two within 30 seconds today… that were almost a quarter-million [dollars] apiece.’ He added that some of his clientele included celebrities that ‘you see in magazines literally every week’. 02 Apr 2020 Pictured: Atlas Survival Shelters in Montebello, California, has experienced a huge surge in demand for underground bunkers amid the coronavirus pandemic. Photo credit: Atlas Survival Shelters/ MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342
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  • A California-based disaster shelter company says it has experienced a huge surge in demand for underground bunkers amid the coronavirus crisis. Atlas Survival Shelters — which makes and installs underground bunkers that can withstand nuclear disasters and fire — says they have almost entirely sold out of its inventory, bar a few very small shelters. The Montebello-based company offers shelter ranging in size from 100sq ft for two people, to much larger and more luxurious designs that can accommodate around 25 people. With prices anywhere between $20,000 to $250,000. Atlas Survial Shelters owner Ron Hubbard told the Los Angeles Times: ‘No one is buying a bunker only because of coronavirus. ‘The people buying a bunker wanted a bunker before corona, but this has pushed them. This was the straw that broke the camel’s back. They’re like, “Let’s just do it.”’ Speaking about the huge demand, Hubbard said: ‘I sold two within 30 seconds today… that were almost a quarter-million [dollars] apiece.’ He added that some of his clientele included celebrities that ‘you see in magazines literally every week’. 02 Apr 2020 Pictured: Atlas Survival Shelters in Montebello, California, has experienced a huge surge in demand for underground bunkers amid the coronavirus pandemic. Photo credit: Atlas Survival Shelters/ MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342
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  • April 26, 2018 - Kiev, Kiev, Ukraine - Soldier in a memorial of the Chernobyl accident heroes during the celebrations in Kiev of the 32nd anniversary of the Chernobyl  nuclear accident, Ukraine. (Credit Image: © Celestino Arce via ZUMA Wire)
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  • April 26, 2018 - Kiev, Kiev, Ukraine - Widow with a photo of her dead husband, who worked in the Chernobyl accident, during the celebrations in Kiev of the 32nd anniversary of the Chernobyl  nuclear accident, Ukraine. (Credit Image: © Celestino Arce/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • April 26, 2018 - Kiev, Kiev, Ukraine - Children put flowers in a  memorial during the celebrations in Kiev of the 32nd anniversary of the Chernobyl  nuclear accident, Ukraine. (Credit Image: © Celestino Arce/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • April 26, 2018 - Kiev, Ukraine - Old woman prays in the memorial of the dead Chernobyl workers during the celebrations in Kiev of the 32nd anniversary of the Chernobyl  nuclear accident, Ukraine. (Credit Image: © Celestino Arce/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • April 26, 2017 - Chernobyl, Ukraine - View of the new Safe Confinement over the 4th block of the Chernobyl nuclear plant,during the 31st anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, Ukraine, 26 April, 2017. (Credit Image: © Str/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • April 26, 2018 - Kiev, Ukraine - Widows of liquidators and firemen in the Chernobyl accident with photos of their husbands during the celebrations in Kiev of the 32nd anniversary of the Chernobyl  nuclear accident, Ukraine. (Credit Image: © Celestino Arce via ZUMA Wire)
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  • April 26, 2018 - Kiev, Ukraine - Widows of liquidators and firemen in the Chernobyl accident with photos of their husbands during the celebrations in Kiev of the 32nd anniversary of the Chernobyl  nuclear accident, Ukraine. (Credit Image: © Celestino Arce via ZUMA Wire)
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  • April 26, 2018 - Kiev, Kiev, Ukraine - A couple lay flowers in the memorial of the dead Chernobyl workers during the celebrations in Kiev of the 32nd anniversary of the Chernobyl  nuclear accident, Ukraine. (Credit Image: © Celestino Arce/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • April 26, 2018 - Kiev, Kiev, Ukraine - Old woman prays in the memorial of the dead Chernobyl workers during the celebrations in Kiev of the 32nd anniversary of the Chernobyl  nuclear accident, Ukraine. (Credit Image: © Celestino Arce via ZUMA Wire)
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  • April 26, 2018 - Kyiv, Ukraine - A woman lays red carnations at the Memorial Complex 'Monument to the Victims of the Chornobyl Tragedy' during a tribute-paying ceremony on the 32nd anniversary since the accident at the fourth reactor of the Chornobyl (Chernobyl) Nuclear Power Plant in Kyiv, capital of Ukraine, April 26, 2018. Ukrinform. (Credit Image: © Tarasov/Ukrinform via ZUMA Wire)
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  • April 26, 2017 - Chornobyl, Ukraine - President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko (L) and Belarus Alexander Lukashenko walk in front of the Chornobyl NPP newly raised safe confinement during the meeting to commemorate the victims of 1986's nuclear disaster in its 31st anniversary, Ukraine, April 26, 2017. (Credit Image: © Sergii Kharchenko/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • April 26, 2018 - Kyiv, Ukraine - Candles burn at the To the Heroes of Chornobyl memorial kurgan during a commemorative prayer service for the victims of the Chornobyl accident 32 years after the tragedy, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine, April 26, 2018. Ukrinform...KYIV. People have gathered at the To the Heroes of Chornobyl memorial kurgan at midnight to pay tribute to those who died as a result of the Chornobyl (Chernobyl) disaster. The accident at the fourth reactor of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant took place 32 years ago at night on April 26, 1986. (Credit Image: © Danil Shamkin/Ukrinform via ZUMA Wire)
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  • April 25, 2018 - Kyiv, Ukraine - A man lights a candle at the To the Heroes of Chormobyl memorial kurgan during a commemorative prayer service for the victims of the Chornobyl accident 32 years after the tragedy, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine, April 25, 2018. Ukrinform...KYIV. People have gathered at the To the Heroes of Chornobyl memorial kurgan at midnight to pay tribute to those who died as a result of the Chornobyl (Chernobyl) disaster. The accident at the fourth reactor of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant took place 32 years ago at night on April 26, 1986. (Credit Image: © Danil Shamkin/Ukrinform via ZUMA Wire)
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  • Mar 27, 2016 - Chernobyl, Ukraine - The farmstead of one of those who returned after been evicted from the site in 1986 after the nuclear disaster. Ukraine marks the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster on April 26, 1986. (Credit Image: © Sergii Kharchenko via ZUMA Wire)
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  • Mar 27, 2016 - Chernobyl, Ukraine - The farmstead of one of those who returned after been evicted from the site in 1986 after the nuclear disaster. Ukraine marks the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster on April 26, 1986. (Credit Image: © Sergii Kharchenko via ZUMA Wire)
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  • April 26, 2018 - Kyiv, Ukraine - Women carry photographs of the dead during a tribute-paying ceremony at the Memorial Complex 'Monument to the Victims of the Chornobyl Tragedy' on the 32nd anniversary since the accident at the fourth reactor of the Chornobyl (Chernobyl) Nuclear Power Plant in Kyiv, capital of Ukraine, April 26, 2018. Ukrinform. (Credit Image: © Tarasov/Ukrinform via ZUMA Wire)
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  • October 5, 2018 - Chernobyl, Ukraine - Visitors walk by the photovoltaic panels during an official opening ceremony of the new one-megawatt solar power plant ''Solar Chernobyl'' next to the New Safe Confinement over the 4th block of the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine, on 05 October, 2018. Ukraine on Friday launched its first solar plant in the abandoned area around its former Chernobyl power station, the scene of the worst nuclear disaster in the world. The new plant has about 3,800 photovoltaic panels installed across an area of 1.6 hectares just a hundred metres from a giant metal dome sealing the remains the Chernobyl accident on 26 April 1986. (Credit Image: © Str/NurPhoto/ZUMA Press)
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  • April 26, 2018 - Kyiv, Ukraine - A man in a wheelchair lays flowers at the Memorial Complex 'Monument to the Victims of the Chornobyl Tragedy' during a tribute-paying ceremony on the 32nd anniversary since the accident at the fourth reactor of the Chornobyl (Chernobyl) Nuclear Power Plant in Kyiv, capital of Ukraine, April 26, 2018. Ukrinform. (Credit Image: © Tarasov/Ukrinform via ZUMA Wire)
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  • April 26, 2017 - Chornobyl, Ukraine - Worker walks next to the Safe Confinement arch over the fourth block of the Chernobyl nuclear plant on April 26, 2017. The presidents of Ukraine and Belarus attended the construction site of the Chernobyl plant arch to mark 31 years since the world's worst civil nuclear accident spewed radiation across Europe. The station's fourth reactor in the north of former Soviet Ukraine exploded in 1986 after a safety test went horribly wrong at 1:23 am on April 26. (Credit Image: © Sergii Kharchenko/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • April 26, 2018 - Kiev, Ukraine - A general view of the new protective shelter over the remains of the nuclear reactor Unit 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Kiev region, Ukraine, on 26 April 2018. Ukrainians mark the 32th anniversary of Chernobyl's tragedy. The explosion of Unit 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on 26 April 1986 is still regarded the biggest accident in the history of nuclear power generation. (Credit Image: © Serg Glovny via ZUMA Wire)
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  • April 26, 2018 - Kiev, Ukraine - A general view of the new protective shelter over the remains of the nuclear reactor Unit 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Kiev region, Ukraine, on 26 April 2018. Ukrainians mark the 32th anniversary of Chernobyl's tragedy. The explosion of Unit 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on 26 April 1986 is still regarded the biggest accident in the history of nuclear power generation. (Credit Image: © Serg Glovny via ZUMA Wire)
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  • April 26, 2017 - Kiev, Ukraine - A general view of the new protective shelter over the remains of the nuclear reactor Unit 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Kiev region, Ukraine, on 26 April 2017.Ukrainians mark the 31th anniversary of Chernobyl's tragedy. The explosion of Unit 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on 26 April 1986 is still regarded the biggest accident in the history of nuclear power generation. (Credit Image: © Serg Glovny via ZUMA Wire)
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  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on ..When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. .It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium..'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. ..Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl..Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986..The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history..An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe..©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media (Credit Image: © Exclusivepix media via ZUMA Press)
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  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on ..When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. .It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium..'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. ..Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl..Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986..The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history..An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe..©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media (Credit Image: © Exclusivepix media via ZUMA Press)
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  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on ..When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. .It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium..'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. ..Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl..Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986..The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history..An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe..©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media (Credit Image: © Exclusivepix media via ZUMA Press)
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  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on ..When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. .It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium..'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. ..Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl..Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986..The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history..An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe..©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media (Credit Image: © Exclusivepix media via ZUMA Press)
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  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on ..When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. .It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium..'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. ..Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl..Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986..The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history..An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe..©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media (Credit Image: © Exclusivepix media via ZUMA Press)
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  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on ..When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. .It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium..'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. ..Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl..Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986..The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history..An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe..©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media (Credit Image: © Exclusivepix media via ZUMA Press)
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  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on ..When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. .It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium..'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. ..Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl..Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986..The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history..An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe..©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media (Credit Image: © Exclusivepix media via ZUMA Press)
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  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on ..When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. .It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium..'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. ..Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl..Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986..The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history..An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe..©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media (Credit Image: © Exclusivepix media via ZUMA Press)
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  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on ..When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. .It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium..'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. ..Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl..Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986..The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history..An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe..©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media (Credit Image: © Exclusivepix media via ZUMA Press)
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  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on ..When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. .It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium..'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. ..Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl..Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986..The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history..An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe..©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media (Credit Image: © Exclusivepix media via ZUMA Press)
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  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on ..When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. .It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium..'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. ..Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl..Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986..The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history..An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe..©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media (Credit Image: © Exclusivepix media via ZUMA Press)
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  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on ..When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. .It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium..'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. ..Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl..Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986..The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history..An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe..©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media (Credit Image: © Exclusivepix media via ZUMA Press)
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  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on ..When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. .It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium..'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. ..Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl..Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986..The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history..An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe..©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media (Credit Image: © Exclusivepix media via ZUMA Press)
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  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on ..When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. .It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium..'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. ..Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl..Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986..The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history..An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe..©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media (Credit Image: © Exclusivepix media via ZUMA Press)
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  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on ..When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. .It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium..'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. ..Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl..Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986..The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history..An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe..©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media (Credit Image: © Exclusivepix media via ZUMA Press)
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  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on ..When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. .It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium..'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. ..Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl..Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986..The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history..An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe..©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media (Credit Image: © Exclusivepix media via ZUMA Press)
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  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on ..When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. .It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium..'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. ..Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl..Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986..The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history..An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe..©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media (Credit Image: © Exclusivepix media via ZUMA Press)
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  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on ..When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. .It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium..'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. ..Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl..Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986..The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history..An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe..©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media (Credit Image: © Exclusivepix media via ZUMA Press)
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  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on ..When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. .It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium..'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. ..Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl..Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986..The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history..An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe..©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media (Credit Image: © Exclusivepix media via ZUMA Press)
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  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on ..When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. .It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium..'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. ..Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl..Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986..The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history..An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe..©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media (Credit Image: © Exclusivepix media via ZUMA Press)
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  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on ..When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. .It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium..'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. ..Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl..Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986..The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history..An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe..©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media (Credit Image: © Exclusivepix media via ZUMA Press)
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  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on ..When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. .It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium..'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. ..Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl..Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986..The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history..An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe..©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media (Credit Image: © Exclusivepix media via ZUMA Press)
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  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on ..When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. .It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium..'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. ..Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl..Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986..The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history..An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe..©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media (Credit Image: © Exclusivepix media via ZUMA Press)
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  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on ..When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. .It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium..'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. ..Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl..Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986..The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history..An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe..©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media (Credit Image: © Exclusivepix media via ZUMA Press)
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  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on ..When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. .It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium..'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. ..Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl..Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986..The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history..An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe..©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media (Credit Image: © Exclusivepix media via ZUMA Press)
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  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on ..When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. .It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium..'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. ..Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl..Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986..The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history..An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe..©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media (Credit Image: © Exclusivepix media via ZUMA Press)
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  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on ..When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. .It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium..'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. ..Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl..Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986..The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history..An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe..©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media (Credit Image: © Exclusivepix media via ZUMA Press)
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  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on ..When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. .It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium..'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. ..Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl..Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986..The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history..An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe..©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media (Credit Image: © Exclusivepix media via ZUMA Press)
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  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on ..When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. .It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium..'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. ..Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl..Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986..The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history..An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe..©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media (Credit Image: © Exclusivepix media via ZUMA Press)
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  • April 19, 2016 - Chernobyl - A doll with a gas mask in a deserted school in Pripyat city near Chernobyl, Ukraine. Chernobyl, a place replete with horrific memories in northern Ukraine, close to Belarus, is now open to tourists, almost 30 years to the date after a nuclear power plant there exploded. It was the worst nuclear accident in human history. A large tract of land around the plant was designated a forbidden zone and ordinary people were completely prohibited from entering after the disaster occurred on April 26, 1986. The accident released more than 8 tons of radioactive leaks, directly contaminated an area of over 60,000 square kilometers and exposed some 3.2 million people to dangerous levels of radiation. (Credit Image: © Dai Tianfang/Xinhua via ZUMA Wire)
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  • April 19, 2016 - Chernobyl - A doll with a gas mask in a deserted school in Pripyat city near Chernobyl, Ukraine. Chernobyl, a place replete with horrific memories in northern Ukraine, close to Belarus, is now open to tourists, almost 30 years to the date after a nuclear power plant there exploded. It was the worst nuclear accident in human history. A large tract of land around the plant was designated a forbidden zone and ordinary people were completely prohibited from entering after the disaster occurred on April 26, 1986. The accident released more than 8 tons of radioactive leaks, directly contaminated an area of over 60,000 square kilometers and exposed some 3.2 million people to dangerous levels of radiation. (Credit Image: © Dai Tianfang/Xinhua via ZUMA Wire)
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