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Thursday, 01 March 2012 00:00

Chernobyl: Atomic City

The AA’ s Unknown Fields Division in Pripyat’ s Palace of Culture, July 2011|Pripyat, lost in the forest. The “sarcophagus” can be seen on the horizon, centre|Basketball court in the sports centre|The School|Murals in the Palace of Culture|The viewing area from the “sarcophagus” enclosing reactor four|Diving boards at the swimming pool|Dodgems at the fairground|The ferris wheel seen from the Palace of Culture|The visitors’ book in the “gas mask room”||

Abandoned since the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the city of Pripyat has spent 25 years returning to nature. Off limits to all but a few, the decaying city has become a magnet for a curious breed of ruin enthusiasts: urban explorers

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