Ghost town (Pripyat)

m42geo · 2013-07-29T22:58:53+0100

Pripyat (Ukrainian: При́п'ять, Pryp’yat’; Russian: При́пять, Pripyat’) is an abandoned city in northern Ukraine, near the border with Belarus. Named for the nearby Pripyat River, Pripyat was founded on 4 February 1970, the ninth nuclear city in the Soviet Union, for the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.It was officially proclaimed a city in 1979, and had grown to a population of 49,360 before being vacated a few days after the 26 April 1986 Chernobyl disaster. #1 by , on Flickr #2 by , on Flickr #3 by , on Flickr #4 by , on Flickr #5 by , on Flickr #6 by , on Flickr #7 by , on Flickr #8 by , on Flickr #9 by , on Flickr #10 by , on Flickr #11 by , on Flickr #12 by , on Flickr #13 by , on Flickr #14 by , on Flickr #15 by , on Flickr #16 by , on Flickr #17 by , on Flickr #18 by , on Flickr #19 by , on Flickr #20 by , on Flickr #21 by , on Flickr #22 by , on Flickr #23 by , on Flickr #24 by , on Flickr #25 by , on Flickr #26 by , on Flickr #27 by , on Flickr #28 by , on Flickr

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SteveEveritt SteveEveritt

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Somewhere warm and sunny

Posted 31/07/2013 - 08:41 Link

Eerie, I stopped and studied every photo which is something I haven't done for a while. There is so much to take in and so much unsaid. A truly great set of photos.

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m42geo m42geo

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Posted 31/07/2013 - 12:03 Link

There are many places that we have to go to photograph before it is too late.

Our world is changing everyday, I feel sad that I have missed so many places before it changed and some becomes too dangerous to visit. Like syria I would not risk my life to visit there yet. But on the other hand when a place becomes safe then there isn;t much to photograph for.

I am glad that I visited cuba in 2010 before it opened its door for privte enterprise. Things are changing so quicky.