Haunting photographs show the sprawling ruins of Chernobyl 27 years after nuclear disaster

ams963 · 2013-04-25T08:30:37+00:00

Photographer Hélène Veilleux was allowed into the Zone Of Alienation surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear plant Her pictures show the desolate area covering 1,000 square miles that was evacuated after blast in April 1986 Schools, shops, fairgrounds, swimming pools and homes - all are slowly falling into ruins as zone returns to forest See more here.

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Photographer Hélène Veilleux was allowed into the Zone Of Alienation surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear plant
Her pictures show the desolate area covering 1,000 square miles that was evacuated after blast in April 1986
Schools, shops, fairgrounds, swimming pools and homes - all are slowly falling into ruins as zone returns to forest