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Posted: 2/15/2012 11:48:09 AM EDT

[#1]

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is the bmp for sale? looks like they got a couple that are un-used.

2nd one is a BMP-2 - in front is a MTL-B with a turreted 14.5mm.

Posted: 2/15/2012 11:52:13 AM EDT

[#2]

Was it the govt sanctioned trip or private tour for about $100/person? Also, did you keep your shoes?? Shrink wrap your luggage on departure???

I've been to Ukraine twice this past year and would highly recommend visiting that country. I would advise to make some friends before going - I haven't met a Ukrainian that didn't like Americans.

Posted: 2/15/2012 11:54:04 AM EDT

[#3]

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What? No pics from the core? Lame.

You don;t have to go to the core - to see the core now. Although, the experience is fatal for anyone who gets as close as this fellow.

Posted: 2/15/2012 11:54:34 AM EDT

[#4]

Watch out! It's a CARP!!!

Posted: 2/15/2012 11:54:48 AM EDT

[#5]

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is the bmp for sale? looks like they got a couple that are un-used.

2nd one is a BMP-2 - in front is a MTL-B with a turreted 14.5mm.

MT-LB is correct, rear one looks more like a BTR-70 to me.

Posted: 2/15/2012 11:58:15 AM EDT

[#6]

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is the bmp for sale? looks like they got a couple that are un-used.

2nd one is a BMP-2 - in front is a MTL-B with a turreted 14.5mm.

MT-LB is correct, rear one looks more like a BTR-70 to me.

You're right - -70 or -80.

Posted: 2/15/2012 11:59:48 AM EDT

[#7]

Read a neat article about the wildlife in the area and the search for genetic mutations due to radiation.

Always thought it was interesting that you can stand "here" safely, but take one step in a different direction and you'd be up to your ears in radiation.

Posted: 2/15/2012 12:02:33 PM EDT

[#8]

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Was it the govt sanctioned trip or private tour for about $100/person? Also, did you keep your shoes?? Shrink wrap your luggage on departure???

I've been to Ukraine twice this past year and would highly recommend visiting that country. I would advise to make some friends before going - I haven't met a Ukrainian that didn't like Americans.

The entire former Soviet UNion is filled with people who think you are insane if you don't wrap your luggage in plastic.

It's like, seriously - in the West, we build luggage that will not explode if dropped.

Posted: 2/15/2012 12:13:52 PM EDT

[#9]

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Read a neat article about the wildlife in the area and the search for genetic mutations due to radiation.

Always thought it was interesting that you can stand "here" safely, but take one step in a different direction and you'd be up to your ears in radiation.

I watched a special about this on Kerra TV last week.

seems as if the area is recovering fairly well. If you get a chance to watch it, do so.

Posted: 2/15/2012 12:14:59 PM EDT

[#10]

As a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl fanboy, this thread is relevant to my interests.

Posted: 2/15/2012 12:18:01 PM EDT

[#11]

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Read a neat article about the wildlife in the area and the search for genetic mutations due to radiation.

Always thought it was interesting that you can stand "here" safely, but take one step in a different direction and you'd be up to your ears in radiation.

I watched a special about this on Kerra TV last week.

seems as if the area is recovering fairly well. If you get a chance to watch it, do so.

Will do.

Odd, from what I read they really hadn't seen negative impacts (like I thought they would) and in fact the area is teeming with wildlife.

Some of the trees were really hot.

Posted: 2/15/2012 12:18:29 PM EDT

[#12]

Pretty slick. Thanks for sharing.

Posted: 2/15/2012 12:20:40 PM EDT

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What? No pics from the core? Lame.

You don;t have to go to the core - to see the core now. Although, the experience is fatal for anyone who gets as close as this fellow.

http://www.petraitis.us/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/chernobyl-elephants-foot-300x250.jpg

Is that a pic of the core?

Posted: 2/15/2012 12:21:40 PM EDT

[#14]

ost

Posted: 2/15/2012 12:32:19 PM EDT

[#15]

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What? No pics from the core? Lame.

You don;t have to go to the core - to see the core now. Although, the experience is fatal for anyone who gets as close as this fellow.

http://www.petraitis.us/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/chernobyl-elephants-foot-300x250.jpg

Is that a pic of the core?

That is a pic of the famous "Elephants foot"...it is pretty much molten sand and molten fuel rods all mixed together that leaked its way out of the core...it is the highest radioactive area that has been discovered I believe. It would kill you in a matter of minutes if you got that close. I am sure that camera person died.

You can see the strange light swirls...that is the radiation over exposing or damaging the film even though the shutter was closed at the time.

Watched a documentary about the guys who explored the core areas shortly after the disaster to figure out what happened...they would be fine walking down a hallway, then they would turn the corner, and they would get a dose of radiation so high that they could never return to the site.

Radiation fields are crazy things...

And I stand corrected...the caption of this pic reads "The shelter site's deputy director checking out the "Elephant's Foot" in '96. This is all still pretty radioactive, so I was surprised to see the guys here not wearing full protective gear; I guess it must be all right for whatever duration they were down there, but I think if it was me, I'd want to wear the full suit, if only for the crazy headgear."

Guess they didn't die from it...But who knows if that caption is right.

Another pic:

Solidified corium flow in the steam distribution corridor below the reactor––well, this *is* the reactor, melted.

The "Elephant's Foot" 2-metric-ton blob of corium below the reactor site––uranium is heavy stuff!

Posted: 2/15/2012 12:39:26 PM EDT

[#16]

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What? No pics from the core? Lame.

You don;t have to go to the core - to see the core now. Although, the experience is fatal for anyone who gets as close as this fellow.

http://www.petraitis.us/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/chernobyl-elephants-foot-300x250.jpg

Is that a pic of the core?

A meted mass of fuel, ceramics, steel from the reactor, that burned down to that floor and solidified. If it had kept going, it would have hit a basement full of water from thte fire-fighting efforts - the resultant steam explosion would have contaminated a huge area for a long time.

I don't know if true, but apparently some volunteers made a suicude dive to open some drain vale to get the water out - the valve was opened, but some allegde the diver'sa bodies are still down there. They went because if they did not, their families and friends would have died in the resultant explosion and contamination.

Posted: 2/15/2012 12:43:34 PM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:

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What? No pics from the core? Lame.

You don;t have to go to the core - to see the core now. Although, the experience is fatal for anyone who gets as close as this fellow.

http://www.petraitis.us/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/chernobyl-elephants-foot-300x250.jpg

Is that a pic of the core?

That is a pic of the famous "Elephants foot"...it is pretty much molten sand and molten fuel rods all mixed together that leaked its way out of the core...it is the highest radioactive area that has been discovered I believe. It would kill you in a matter of minutes if you got that close. I am sure that camera person died.

You can see the strange light swirls...that is the radiation over exposing or damaging the film even though the shutter was closed at the time.

Watched a documentary about the guys who explored the core areas shortly after the disaster to figure out what happened...they would be fine walking down a hallway, then they would turn the corner, and they would get a dose of radiation so high that they could never return to the site.

Radiation fields are crazy things...

Pretty cool short documentary.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xgrtsg_inside-chernobyl-s-sarcophagus_tech

Posted: 2/15/2012 12:45:48 PM EDT

[#18]

It's probably a dumb question, but do people still live there?

Posted: 2/15/2012 12:48:11 PM EDT

[#19]

Badass

Posted: 2/15/2012 12:50:06 PM EDT

[#20]

Thanks for the photos.

Did you ever worry about your exposure or your path was probably well marked for safety?

Posted: 2/15/2012 12:53:45 PM EDT

[#21]

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It's probably a dumb question, but do people still live there?

No. The entire city was evacuated after the incident.

Posted: 2/15/2012 12:53:46 PM EDT

[#22]

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As a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl fanboy, this thread is relevant to my interests.

More a Call of Pripyat fanboy myself.

Posted: 2/15/2012 12:56:43 PM EDT

[#23]

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It's probably a dumb question, but do people still live there?

No. The entire city was evacuated after the incident.

There are workers who are still stationed in the area.

Posted: 2/15/2012 12:57:28 PM EDT

[#24]

tag for home

Posted: 2/15/2012 12:58:02 PM EDT

[#25]

Ive been there.
On call of duty

Posted: 2/15/2012 1:01:40 PM EDT

[#26]

I've always wanted to go there. Looks like a cool trip was had.

Posted: 2/15/2012 1:06:55 PM EDT

[#27]

Great post thanks for the pics.

GM

Posted: 2/15/2012 1:08:12 PM EDT

[#28]

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is the bmp for sale? looks like they got a couple that are un-used.

Dude, they're radioactive. Everything in that area was contaminated. There's a big problem with people taking stuff out of there and selling it as scrap.

Posted: 2/15/2012 1:08:46 PM EDT

[#29]

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Cool pics.

On a semi-related note, it would appear that the makers of Call of Duty:Modern Warfare really did their homework when they designed the game.

I thought some of that looked familiar!

Posted: 2/15/2012 1:10:13 PM EDT

[#30]

Here's a site with lots of awesome pics as well:

http://timmsuess.com/chernobyl-journal/chernobyl-journal-the-pictures/

Posted: 2/15/2012 1:12:57 PM EDT

[#31]

Nice, thanks for sharing.

Posted: 2/15/2012 1:16:18 PM EDT

[#32]

I was given a book on my last trip. It was the anniversary edition but it is all in Russian/Ukrainian so I just look at the pictures. This event coincided around May Day celebrations and they didn't tell the locals about the exposure in the atmosphere - thankfully most of the fallout was in Belarussia.

Posted: 2/15/2012 1:17:07 PM EDT

[#33]

Creepy!

Great pics but damn that place gives me the creeps!

Posted: 2/15/2012 1:18:11 PM EDT

[#34]

I think you might like this site
http://www.kiddofspeed.com/chernobyl-revisited/

Posted: 2/15/2012 1:20:40 PM EDT

[#35]

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Nice, thanks for sharing.

No kidding those were fantastic

Posted: 2/15/2012 1:23:21 PM EDT

[#36]

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It's probably a dumb question, but do people still live there?

No. The entire city was evacuated after the incident.

There are a few people who live in the area. They moved back in. IIRC, many still hunt game in the area.

Posted: 2/15/2012 1:25:28 PM EDT

[#37]

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Creepy!
Great pics but damn that place gives me the creeps!

After playing S.T.A.L.K.E.R. I'd be paranoid all the time and my head on a perpetual swivel watching for mutants.

Posted: 2/15/2012 1:25:38 PM EDT

[#38]

Awesome! Thanks for posting!

Posted: 2/15/2012 1:26:57 PM EDT

[#39]

did you have a radiation monitor?

How hot was it?

Posted: 2/15/2012 1:28:36 PM EDT

[#40]

Quoted:
Cool pics.

On a semi-related note, it would appear that the makers of Call of Duty:Modern Warfare really did their homework when they designed the game.

Last year, I was extracted by helocopter right next to the ferris wheel; you see I was pulling a mission....

B_S

Posted: 2/15/2012 1:29:43 PM EDT

[#41]

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Ive been there.

On call of duty

Hey me too.

Posted: 2/15/2012 1:36:20 PM EDT

[#42]

Awsome pics.

Thanks for posting them.

Posted: 2/15/2012 1:37:12 PM EDT

[#43]

Did you see creepy centipede roller coaster?

I have always had an interest in Russia and the surroundings.

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Posted: 2/15/2012 1:41:50 PM EDT

[#44]

Very cool pics. Thanks for sharing. Always thought that would be neat trip.

Posted: 2/15/2012 1:48:19 PM EDT

[#45]

Not worth the potential risk to my heath, I can look at picture

Check out google earth, you can see all the buildings people have recreated using google sketch up.

Posted: 2/15/2012 1:50:21 PM EDT

[#46]

I would imagine they are still there in some form or another..........could you imagine making the decision to do that? They had brass ones for sure..........

Quoted:

Quoted:
What? No pics from the core? Lame.

You don;t have to go to the core - to see the core now. Although, the experience is fatal for anyone who gets as close as this fellow.

http://www.petraitis.us/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/chernobyl-elephants-foot-300x250.jpg

Is that a pic of the core?

A meted mass of fuel, ceramics, steel from the reactor, that burned down to that floor and solidified. If it had kept going, it would have hit a basement full of water from thte fire-fighting efforts - the resultant steam explosion would have contaminated a huge area for a long time.

I don't know if true, but apparently some volunteers made a suicude dive to open some drain vale to get the water out - the valve was opened, but some allegde the diver'sa bodies are still down there. They went because if they did not, their families and friends would have died in the resultant explosion and contamination.

Posted: 2/15/2012 1:53:01 PM EDT

[#47]

Not to be an ass, but it really looks like you needed to clean the lens on your camera.

Chernobyl is one of those places I'd love to go see some day. I'd want to take a nice camera and lots of memory so I could shoot tons of pics.

Posted: 2/15/2012 1:54:53 PM EDT

[#48]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Was it the govt sanctioned trip or private tour for about $100/person? Also, did you keep your shoes?? Shrink wrap your luggage on departure???

I've been to Ukraine twice this past year and would highly recommend visiting that country. I would advise to make some friends before going - I haven't met a Ukrainian that didn't like Americans.

The entire former Soviet UNion is filled with people who think you are insane if you don't wrap your luggage in plastic.

It's like, seriously - in the West, we build luggage that will not explode if dropped.

I worked with a Ukranian chick (her boyfriend also worked with us). They left the company a little over a year ago and moved to the Ukraine.... so if I ever get over there, I'll have to look them up. Realistically, I don't see myself ever really going there... but who knows? Maybe I'll hit the lottery.