Author Topic: Visual tour of Chernobyl (stolen from GAF) (Read 2316 times)

T234 · « **on:** March 25, 2009, 01:36:30 PM »

View the whole thing from start to finish.

http://www.grcade.com/viewtopic.php?t=2217

tehjaybo · « **Reply #1 on:** March 25, 2009, 02:50:55 PM »

That's really chilling to look through... I've always wanted to see what it's like there.

T234 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 25, 2009, 02:55:16 PM »

If I was going to die of cancer or something, I would say goodbye to my family, climb to the top of the sarcophagus, fall asleep, and never wake up.

Tauntaun · « **Reply #3 on:** March 25, 2009, 03:11:27 PM »

All I was thinking was CoD4.

drew · « **Reply #4 on:** March 25, 2009, 03:19:12 PM »

(which was stolen from shawn elliot's twitter, which was probably linked to him by someone else)

brawndolicious · « **Reply #5 on:** March 25, 2009, 03:20:03 PM »

That bridge of death part was really fucked up.

drew · « **Reply #6 on:** March 25, 2009, 03:28:43 PM »

i liked the old political posters/art/books/newspapers left behind

also he is constantly setting his geiger counter right on top of things that are dangerously radioactive. i wonder if he threw it away after or if it messed up some of the readings

Yeti · « **Reply #7 on:** March 25, 2009, 05:26:31 PM »

Pretty amazing how much vegetation there still is despite all the radiation.

Draft · « **Reply #8 on:** March 25, 2009, 05:43:39 PM »

Quote from: Yeti on March 25, 2009, 05:26:31 PM

Pretty amazing how much vegetation there still is despite all the radiation.

It looks like plants just don't give a fuck, basically.

siamesedreamer · « **Reply #9 on:** March 25, 2009, 06:21:16 PM »

I can't believe they got that close to the reactor.

Having been exposed to radiation from cancer treatments in the past, I wonder if it would even be advisable for someone like me to go there. He's using a different metric than what I am familiar with though. I was exposed to 46 gray(s) - most of which went right through my spinal cord. My doc told me that anything above 50 gray(s) on the spinal cord and you start significantly increasing the risk of paralysis. Complete paralysis happens around 75 gray(s). There's gotta be a difference though since cancer treatment radiation is so localized.

T234 · « **Reply #10 on:** March 25, 2009, 06:42:28 PM »

http://www.bartleby.com/64/C004/037.html

I'm now confused. Radiation is complicated business.

Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich · « **Reply #11 on:** March 25, 2009, 06:50:36 PM »

Man, that's really amazing and scary at the same time. How the hell does that Yuri fella not have supercancer (or superpowers) yet after 8 years of on-and-off exposure to that place?

Fresh Prince · « **Reply #12 on:** March 25, 2009, 06:53:56 PM »

There's a good documentary episode, some English guy that goes around eating dangerous food. He went to Chernobyl and got tricked into drinking some brandy made with contanimated plums. As soon as he found he had a look on his face like shit there's 5 years of my life gone or he maybe of even said it.

drew · « **Reply #13 on:** March 25, 2009, 07:32:41 PM »

Quote

Theres broken glass everywhere in Pripyat, not just cause of vandalism, but also down to the fact that all the windows had to be left open in the town, to stop pockets of radiation collecting indoors.

interesting

Brehvolution · « **Reply #14 on:** March 25, 2009, 08:44:55 PM »

Google fails me, but I watched a show on Discovery that showed how nature is taking back Chernobyl. Animal living in the abandoned homes.

One thing they touched on was the timing of the meltdown. It happened right as springtime was starting off with trees newly budding and the animals that had just came back to the area from their winter migration. Scientists were shocked to see nature thrive after the disaster.

The only mutation that was discovered was a set of birds where normally a tuft of blue feathers were had turned red. But they noted that the birds with the blue tufts killed off these mutations because they were seen as outsiders in their population.

Very interesting show if you can find it.

drew · « **Reply #15 on:** March 25, 2009, 08:47:18 PM »

ive also seen a show on vbs.tv awhile back where they went hunting in the winter in chernobyl

evidently you have to throw away your shoes after you visit (for obvious reasons)

Positive Touch · « **Reply #16 on:** March 25, 2009, 08:53:24 PM »

Quote from: Fresh Prince on March 25, 2009, 06:53:56 PM

There's a good documentary episode, some English guy that goes around eating dangerous food. He went to Chernobyl and got tricked into drinking some brandy made with contanimated plums. As soon as he found he had a look on his face like shit there's 5 years of my life gone or he maybe of even said it.

what kind of asshole pulls a prank like that?

Fresh Prince · « **Reply #17 on:** March 25, 2009, 09:04:03 PM »

Quote from: Positive Touch on March 25, 2009, 08:53:24 PM

what kind of asshole pulls a prank like that?

Found a transcript http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/cooking_in_the_danger_zone/6638351.stm

Memory was a bit patchy though

brawndolicious · « **Reply #18 on:** March 26, 2009, 01:36:05 AM »

Quote from: siamesedreamer on March 25, 2009, 06:21:16 PM

I can't believe they got that close to the reactor.

Having been exposed to radiation from cancer treatments in the past, I wonder if it would even be advisable for someone like me to go there. He's using a different metric than what I am familiar with though. I was exposed to 46 gray(s) - most of which went right through my spinal cord. My doc told me that anything above 50 gray(s) on the spinal cord and you start significantly increasing the risk of paralysis. Complete paralysis happens around 75 gray(s). There's gotta be a difference though since cancer treatment radiation is so localized.

There's different ways of measuring radiation depending on what it's being exposed to. A roentgen is 1/100 of a gray. This tourist says I think that 500 roentgens was fatal but cancer treatments are highly localized so maybe that's why they can get really high levels of radiation?

T-Short · « **Reply #19 on:** March 26, 2009, 05:08:06 AM »

If you can get hold of it, I recommend watching the nz docu The Nuclear Comeback. In this, among other things, they film inside the Chernobyl control room that's INSIDE the Sarcophagus. It was really spooky, I was getting uncomfortable just watching it.

Herr Mafflard · « **Reply #20 on:** March 26, 2009, 07:23:53 AM »

The guy's pictures are up on telegraph.co.uk now

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/5043362/A-tour-of-Chernobyl-and-Pripyat.html

Also:

drew · « **Reply #21 on:** March 26, 2009, 03:03:46 PM »

Quote from: Hyoushi on March 26, 2009, 05:08:06 AM

If you can get hold of it, I recommend watching the nz docu The Nuclear Comeback.

working torrent link (im watching it right now):

http://www.mininova.org/tor/1156962

will seed for anyone who wants it etc

its a .mp4 file which is playable on vlc

tehjaybo · « **Reply #22 on:** March 26, 2009, 03:10:43 PM »

Quote from: Drewsy on March 26, 2009, 03:03:46 PM

Quote from: Hyoushi on March 26, 2009, 05:08:06 AM
If you can get hold of it, I recommend watching the nz docu The Nuclear Comeback.

working torrent link (im watching it right now):

http://www.mininova.org/tor/1156962

will seed for anyone who wants it etc

its a .mp4 file which is playable on vlc

When I get home I'm gonna try and grab this. I'd like to check this out. Thanks for the link.

drew · « **Reply #23 on:** March 26, 2009, 03:45:32 PM »

no probs

this all very interesting to me because there is actually a power plant 30-45 minutes away from where i live

edit: slow edit function is sloooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow

drew · « **Reply #24 on:** March 26, 2009, 04:12:30 PM »

spoiler alert:

spoiler (click to show/hide)

there are people who actually still work @ the Chernobyl factory on a daily basis

[close]

T-Short · « **Reply #25 on:** March 26, 2009, 04:24:41 PM »

torrent am total deads for me, what gives

drew · « **Reply #26 on:** March 26, 2009, 04:28:18 PM »

well someone is leeching from me right now

try again it should work now

drew · « **Reply #27 on:** March 26, 2009, 04:29:46 PM »

T-Short · « **Reply #28 on:** March 26, 2009, 04:43:48 PM »

ya probably. still nothing on the torrent

drew · « **Reply #29 on:** March 26, 2009, 04:52:22 PM »

now 2 people are dling from me. hi lurkers!

drew · « **Reply #30 on:** March 26, 2009, 04:58:30 PM »

hay

:*

a/s/l

tehjaybo · « **Reply #31 on:** March 26, 2009, 05:04:12 PM »

Quote from: Green Man on March 26, 2009, 05:00:05 PM

Quote from: Drewsy on March 26, 2009, 04:58:30 PM
hay

:*

a/s/l

F/17/Kentucky

T-Short · « **Reply #32 on:** March 26, 2009, 05:05:46 PM »

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #33 on:** March 26, 2009, 05:10:38 PM »

This pic:

looks like a Crysis screen to me.

drew · « **Reply #34 on:** March 26, 2009, 05:23:29 PM »

shit i was seeding a bunch of other stuff @ the same time & didnt know it

i closed those down and its working goodnsteady now

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #35 on:** March 27, 2009, 12:17:29 AM »

I leeched and was going to upload it elsewhere, but GM seems to have it covered.

Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich · « **Reply #36 on:** March 27, 2009, 02:04:28 AM »

Quote from: Green Man on March 26, 2009, 11:50:33 PM

For anyone that wants it and doesn't want to use the torrent:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AWSVRRF0

yessss awesome, downloading.

T-Short · « **Reply #37 on:** March 27, 2009, 07:03:45 AM »

Watched this version now, quite heavily cut down for TV, the Sellafield incident was left out and the entire section about New Zeeland as well. But nice that this film crew had the same Pripyat guide as the guy in the OP link

Yeti · « **Reply #38 on:** March 28, 2009, 01:05:50 PM »

Then we could call you Glowing Green Shinobi.

drozmight · « **Reply #39 on:** March 29, 2009, 08:27:08 PM »

Quote from: Green Shinobi on March 28, 2009, 03:30:21 AM

Okay, there's about a 75% chance that I'm going to take this Chernobyl tour during my Europe trip.

I went on the DMZ tour thing while in Korea--it was pretty weird. This one looks interesting as hell too.

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Author Topic: Visual tour of Chernobyl (stolen from GAF) (Read 2316 times)