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On April 26, 1986, Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear reactor underwent a series of explosions, leading to the deaths of 56 people and the evacuation of more than 350,000 people. It will be 900 years before the area is safe to live in again. Strangely, though, Chernobyl and the surrounding radiation zone have become an increasingly popular tourist attraction, which Ukraine plans to open up to visitors in 2011.
Here: A gas mask lies near a doll at a kindergartens in the ghost city of Pripyat, a town deserted since the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, and once home to 30,000.
Unlikely tourist spot? I’ve always wanted to go here. It’s like… stepping back into a time machine. People had to abandon their lives overnight, and you’re left with this ghost city. It’s fascinating.
