In recent decades, many photos have appeared of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, which occurred in the city of Pripyat in Ukraine in 1986. It turned out that the photographer, Artur Korneev Shortly after the tragedy, he delved deep into Unit 4 of the Chernobyl power plant, where he captured a shocking image of the world’s most dangerous substance.
Elephant foot in Chernobyl
The photographer has been visiting the vicinity of the power plant for decades, and also worked in archaeology, and one of his tasks was, for example, to determine the level of radiation in each area. In fact, he helped design the dome.
As surprising as it was, he was also able to document the dangerous mass of curium, known as an elephant’s foot, that spilled from the molten reactor. In the days after the disaster, taking such a photo would have been deadly, because its mere proximity would have killed a person in minutes.
However, Artur Korneev still took this photo relatively early, in 1996, which was only hidden in the document library until 2013, until a journalist found the photo. In the digital archive. By the way, he himself appears in the photo holding his headlamp, but he could not stand next to the radioactive material for long. They even interviewed him a few years ago – he says On the index page.
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January guest of Femina Club Pataki branch He will be a model for the star, a producer with him Nora Szeli, the evening’s host talks, among other things, about how to cope with the passage of time. Why is humor and self-reflection important? How can we take care of our physical and mental health? Why is it important to maintain our social relationships at this stage of life as well?
You can read the fine print about the evening here: femina.hu/feminaklub
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date: January 15, 2024, 6 p.m
location: Thalia Theater
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(Photo source: Getty Images Hungary.)
