Chernobyl 2021 – The Ghost City of Pripyat

In the Fall of 2021 along with a group of 14 other intrepid Photographers and Drone Pilots we ventured into the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone for some fun and photography. A week that will live long in our memories!

Pripyat (abandoned) and Chernobyl (partially abandoned) are cities in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, situated in northern Ukraine, about 90 kilometres (60 mi) north of Kyiv.

Here are a few of the images… you can find many more in my Chernobyl 2021 gallery.

Radiation Level Measurement Chernobyl Power Station

Rusted yellow and red bumper cars covered in autumn leaves at the abandoned Pripyat amusement park in Chernobyl.

Aerial view of the massive Duga radar steel lattice in Chernobyl against a vibrant purple and orange sunset sky.

Abandoned maternity ward in Pripyat with rows of rusted metal baby cots and peeling turquoise paint on the walls.

Aerial view of the yellow Pripyat Ferris wheel surrounded by autumn trees and abandoned grey buildings.

Abandoned Azure swimming pool in Pripyat with an empty tiled basin, diving board, and forest visible through windows.

Aerial view of abandoned Pripyat buildings surrounded by yellow autumn trees under a cloudy sky in Ukraine.

Rusted, abandoned train cars sit derailed in a forest under a dramatic orange sky in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.

Wide aerial panorama of abandoned Pripyat apartment buildings and yellow autumn trees in Ukraine.

Pripyat and Chernobyl were abandoned following the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster in 1986. It is now considered relatively safe to visit Pripyat and its surroundings, unless you go with the guys I went with :o)

The following is a video slideshow of the trip, mainly taken around the ghost city of Pripyat and the nearby Duga Cold War Radar Station, which is partly why the reactors were there, in order to power this massive radar structure. Duga is just a few miles from the Chernobyl Reactors.

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