radiation Archive

Over 6 years American scientists together with International Radioecology Laboratory (Slavutych, Ukraine) collected a lot of amazing shots: elk (European moos), red deer, roe deer, wild boar, fox, hare, badger, Przevalsky horse, raccoon dog, beaver, otter, polecat, hedgehog and some birds got into the frames. That time we used to apply white flash cameras. Recently I got a new digital infra-red system, it significantly widens abilities of wildlife researchers: to record new species or new their habitats, to get relative estimation of the critters population, to reveal their preferences or seasonal behavior, etc. etc.

The disaster of the nuclear plant in Chernobyl has permanently inscribed itself in the history of Ukraine and world, and the history of nuclear power. The twenty-fifth anniversary of those dramatic events provokes a reflection and questions about the further fate of the place that, due to a human error and technology, entered the sphere [...]

Photos of scenery and landscapes of the city of Chernobyl. Photos of the abandoned villages of the exclusion zone. Nature photo of the Chernobyl exclusion zone.

Photo collection of reptile, amphibian shot in the territory of Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.

After the explosion that occurred on the night of April 26, 1986 at the fourth unit of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP), the reactor unit, ventilation stack, machine hall and other buildings were destroyed. Major damage to buildings was identified by external inspections and through penetration of accessible areas (determined by the level of [...]