WWII barrage ballons used for night lighting at Chernobyl accident. Largest image sizes available.
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More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrage_balloon
Previously:
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...115#post120767
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...397#post116793
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...7968#post86544
Russian Mi-8 helicopter hits a crane during Chernobyl cleanup efforts.
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That just really sucks.
Pilot thinking "I get to fly in a toxic radioactive dust cloud that is probably giving me cancer right now. Damm! my day just couldn't get any worse....."
All in all, it was a blessing to the pilot. Many of those died a horrible death from radiation exposure soon after flying that job.Quote:
Originally Posted by 12bolts
Transporting Chernobyl containment dome.
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Wow!! That is unreal.
That must be the world's largest cover-up.
s/o
What a disaster that was. The documentary movie was very moving. So much sacrifice... so much cover up by the polit bureau.
More on the containment tomb: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherno...fe_Confinement
Also, there's a short documentary on Netflix about this, called Building Chernobyl's Mega Tomb.
I wonder about the exposure of the people working to place the dome. Wondering if this will seal it tight enough that the area obviously not right there but adjacent to it will be inhabitable and useable again.
Priemsy are you Czech?Quote:
Originally Posted by Priemsy