shinRaiden 0 Posted March 6, 2004 Speaking of the not-so-gaping maw of hades: photojournal Comments from folks? I wasn't all that old when it went melty. My grandfather tells stories though of his days in Los Alamos back before they did robotic testing. The picture of the chair though is the most eerie imho. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gollum1 0 Posted March 6, 2004 Strange. Spooky. Depressing. To see everyone just suddenly leave and leave everything as it was. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ex-RoNiN 0 Posted March 6, 2004 Some really eerie pictures in there. What a sad tragedy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted March 6, 2004 Very spooky and very sad, but at the same time it just makes me want to play STALKER even more Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joltan 0 Posted March 6, 2004 Jez, no wonder those people develeoping STALKER took that ghost town for their scenario. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Longinius 1 Posted March 6, 2004 A couple of guys I know were recently on a STALKER press tour and they got to visit the Chernobyl area. They were quite moved of what they had seen. Seemed very surreal to them, and from watching these pictures I can understand why. Very interesting stuff. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tamme 0 Posted March 6, 2004 Why was that chair picture so scary? I'd like to visit that town. If the pics were this eerie, what about the real thing? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raedor 8 Posted March 6, 2004 such things make really sad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supah 0 Posted March 6, 2004 Its compleletly unreal looking, imagine walking through there, a completly deserted area. It must be like something out of a stephen king novel. I can understand the stories about the silence freaking people out Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pipski 0 Posted March 6, 2004 Quote[/b] ]There were cases of radiactive tv sets and other stuff being sold on city second hand markets and then police shot 7 or 8 of them and it helped lol! What a supremely cool site. Like it a lot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gadger 0 Posted March 6, 2004 Last place in Europe you can find wild horses. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placebo 28 Posted March 6, 2004 Sobering and fascinating. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DKM Jaguar 0 Posted March 6, 2004 Last place in Europe you can find wild horses. It would be if it was IN europe. That site was undoubtedly one of the best I've ever seen. I've been to places where everyone just got up and left everything and somewhere you'd expect a lot of noise, such as a village or town, is just quiet. There's some towns around man-made lakes in Northern England like that (kilder, for one) which had settlements in but had to be abandonded when the water companies said they were going to flood it. now all that's left is a few buildings and a road leading into the water.. that WAS a wierd feeling.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ran 0 Posted March 6, 2004 Sobering and fascinating. Ditto. Reminded me a bit of some of the tours i've made, i'd like to go to Prypiat (sp ?) one day. I've always loved ghost towns, Pompei was the first i got to visit when i was a little boy, since then, i go back there from time to times, then came Oradour sur Glane (not sure about the spelling anymore), and finally, I had the occasion to scuba dive in a dam lake to see a ghost village. I love this kind of experiences, must be because i'm a lonely-type of person in my free-time. I think i'm going to spare some money to pay myself a trip to Ukraine some day .... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ran 0 Posted March 6, 2004 Last place in Europe you can find wild horses. It would be if it was IN europe. what are you calling Europe ? Ukraine is apart of the geographic Europe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DKM Jaguar 0 Posted March 6, 2004 Last place in Europe you can find wild horses. It would be if it was IN europe. what are you calling Europe ? Ukraine is apart of the geographic Europe Doh.. i thought it was in russia. Damn, poor uneducated me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DKM Jaguar 0 Posted March 6, 2004 Sobering and fascinating. Ditto. Reminded me a bit of some of the tours i've made, i'd like to go to Prypiat (sp ?) one day. I've always loved ghost towns, Pompei was the first i got to visit when i was a little boy, since then, i go back there from time to times, then came Oradour sur Glane (not sure about the spelling anymore), and finally, I had the occasion to scuba dive in a dam lake to see a ghost village. I love this kind of experiences, must be because i'm a lonely-type of person in my free-time. I think i'm going to spare some money to pay myself a trip to Ukraine some day .... It sure would be cool to visit there one day One thing, I don't think it would be safe at all, surely it is ALL irridiated and you run high risk of cancer and such from being there? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Winters 1 Posted March 6, 2004 reading this part was creepy Quote[/b] ]This town might be an attractive place for tourists. Some tourists companies have been trying to arrange extrim tours in this town, but people- their customers scared and have been complaining about silence which is hard to stand in empty town. They charged 210 us dollars for 2 hours excursion and town guard say, they all were leaving in some 15 mins, complaining that silense is tremendous as if one got deaf. Imagine no birds, no bugs no nothing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ran 0 Posted March 6, 2004 reading this part was creepyQuote[/b] ]This town might be an attractive place for tourists. Some tourists companies have been trying to arrange extrim tours in this town, but people- their customers scared and have been complaining about silence which is hard to stand in empty town. They charged 210 us dollars for 2 hours excursion and town guard say, they all were leaving in some 15 mins, complaining that silense is tremendous as if one got deaf. Imagine no birds, no bugs no nothing well . you still have the 3 meters long catfishes, but i doubt those make any noise .... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ran 0 Posted March 6, 2004 It sure would be cool to visit there one day One thing, I don't think it would be safe at all, surely it is ALL irridiated and you run high risk of cancer and such from being there? give me an ANPVP, a S3P and a Geiger counter and i'll be all set.... Can't be all that risky afterall .... with my lifestyle, past and present, i'll die either of a cancer of an heart disease/stroke (or a few other possible things, but we'll stay in the "natural" causes) so .. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gadger 0 Posted March 6, 2004 Quote[/b] ]Doh.. i thought it was in russia. Damn, poor uneducated me hehe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Col. Kurtz 0 Posted March 6, 2004 Very interesting that this topic came up, as the same topic with the same link came up on another forum I visit just yesterday. As I said on that forum, the pictures make you realise a bit more clearly the affects of nuclear disasters, and how much of the world could end up being like that if a nuclear war took place. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoOB 0 Posted March 6, 2004 A very cool site, many of these pictures look like things you can see in horror films and computer games. Not like something you would see in real life. I would very much like to go there, seeing something virtually untouched by time must be very impressive. Also "hearing" the silence there must be awesome but creepy indeed. And I also wouldn't worry too much about the dangers of going there, bring a geiger counter and some common sense (perhaps take a chemical shower afterwards? :P ) The last picture is what really impressed me, could win an award that one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theavonlady 2 Posted March 7, 2004 Very disturbing. Such serenity in the midst of devastation. We know several people here who were evacuated from Chernobyl. I don't know if they would want to look back and see these pics. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theavonlady 2 Posted March 7, 2004 Also "hearing" the silence there must be awesome but creepy indeed. I've heard the silence in the heart of Manhattan. When I was a kid, there was a big snow blizzard on a Friday night. I went out at around 7:30 Saturday morning. No people, no planes, no cars, no buses, no subways, no dog walkers, no joggers. The snow had stopped but the snow plow trucks were nowhere to be seen. All I heard was the wind. For New York, it was awesome. Later on in the morning, people were going cross country skiing up and down the main avenues. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
