18th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Mobile
Chernobyl Nightmare

In 1986 Chernobyl nuclear plant exploded causing the largest nuclear accident in history poisoning hundreds of thousands of hectares in Ukraine, Belarus and Russia forcing +400K people to hastily leave their homes. Today "The Zone" is only a crazy post-apocalyptic limbo anchored in time.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 02.2019
Date Uploaded: 10.2020
Photo Location: Chernobyl, Ukraine
Camera: JSN-L22
Copyright: © Antonio Aragon Renuncio