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The Elephant's Foot is a mass of black corium with many layers, resembling tree bark and glass. It was formed during the Chernobyl disaster of April 1986 from a lava-like mixture of molten core material that had escaped the reactor enclosure, materials from the reactor itself, and structural components of the plant such as concrete and metal. [3]
Anatoly Ivanovich Rasskazov (Russian: Анатолий Иванович Рассказов; 16 January 1941 – 17 February 2010) was a staff photographer and illustrator at the Soviet Chernobyl power station. He was the first person to photograph the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. [1] [2]
The largest known amounts of corium were formed during the Chernobyl disaster. [15] The molten mass of reactor core dripped under the reactor vessel and now is solidified in forms of stalactites, stalagmites, and lava flows; the best-known formation is the "Elephant's Foot", located under the bottom of the reactor in a Steam Distribution Corridor.
Igor Fedorovich Kostin (27 December 1936 – 9 June 2015) was one of the five photographers in the world to take pictures of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster near Pripyat in Ukraine, [1] on 26 April 1986. He was working for Novosti Press Agency (APN) as a photographer in Kyiv, Ukraine, when he represented Novosti to cover the nuclear accident in ...
In 1977, he changed mediums to photography and in his work as a photographer explored the interaction and tensions between nature and architecture. In 1994, he travelled to Ukraine to photograph "The Zone" – the area affected by the 1986 Chernobyl disaster – and the visit inspired him with a visual story that lasted through 22 visits to the ...
In 1973, he moved to Pripyat, in the Ukrainian SSR, to work at the newly constructed Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. His fourteen-year experience working on naval reactors in the Soviet Far East made Dyatlov one of the three most senior managers at the Chernobyl station. [1] He was in charge of Units Three and Four. [1]
British photographer John Darwell was among the first foreigners to photograph within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone for three weeks in late 1999, including in Pripyat, in numerous villages, a landfill site, and people continuing to live within the Zone. This resulted in an exhibition and book Legacy: Photographs inside the Chernobyl Exclusion ...
The lower section of an Elephant's leg, which has an irregular profile, and 5 toes; A geometrical design typical of Turkmen rugs; Elephant's Foot, a formation of corium at the Chernobyl reactor site; A half length sleeping bag; See bivvy bag; A type of step stool with concealed spring-loaded castors allowing the step to be easily moved