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Named after the nearby river, Pripyat, it was founded on 4 February 1970 as the ninth atomgrad (Translating as "Atom City", a type of closed city in the Soviet Union that served the purpose of housing nuclear workers near a plant) to serve the nearby Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, which is located north of the abandoned city of Chernobyl, after ...
The Ferris wheel at Pripyat amusement park in Ukraine, still stands abandoned. Pripyat amusement park, Pripyat – abandoned after the Chernobyl disaster; the park's Ferris wheel, which is currently standing but not operating, [10] serves as a poignant reminder of the massive human effect of the disaster. [11]
Take for example Pripyat, Ukraine, site of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power ... Abandoned buildings from around the world. Morgan Giordano. Updated July 14, 2016 at 10:14 PM.
Pripyat is one of the world's best-known ghost towns. People fled in such haste that the city looks frozen in time — with nature taking over. Although the area remains abandoned, it's now safe ...
The Pripyat amusement park is an abandoned amusement park located in Pripyat, Ukraine. It was to have its grand opening on 1 May 1986, in time for the May Day celebrations, [1] [2] but these plans were cancelled on 26 April, when the Chernobyl disaster occurred a few kilometers away. Several sources report that the park was opened for a short ...
Once known for having the world's highest population density (in 1959 at 83,500 inhabitants per square kilometre or 216,000 inhabitants per square mile), the island was abandoned when the coal mines were closed down. [29] Ōkuma, Fukushima was a large Japanese town with a population of 11,515 people.
Although dangerous amounts of radiation are still being emitted to this day, curious explorers and photographers flock to the site to see the ghost town.
Pripyat, abandoned towns on islands off the coast of Maine, and tunnels under New York City are highlighted in this documentary to show how the landscape of our planet would drastically change in the event of human absence.