Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant from a height

Reporting is Timothy
So our journey begins with a trip to Děvičky Aero Club, which is located 74 km from Kiev Borispol on the road, Pereyaslav-Khmelnitsky. Aero Club is famous for its hospitality. There you can not only fly, but also just a good time.

This two-hour aviaprogulka. Flight of the Chernobyl takes about an hour, and another hour - way back. You will see the field, river islands, villages, forests, trails. With a height of 300-500 meters nature of Kiev and Chernigov region at a glance.

This track Rat River, near the village Letochki. In front of the village Krehaev. Tributaries of the Desna very picturesque, there are many lakes and beautiful nature.

North of our route weather deteriorates, but we knew about it in advance, having studied before departure forecast. Leapt Kiev Sea. It is really great.

Carved wood for high voltage power lines, for which the station was once an essential part of supplying electricity to the consumers of the USSR.

Exclusion zone. Above - the river Pripyat, on the right-top - the bridge over the river. Right behind the scenes - the city of Chernobyl.

Left shows the radar Arc --horizon radar system for early detection of launches of intercontinental missiles. The eyes and ears of the USSR.

That's the main purpose of our trip - Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. It is quite near.

Now active construction of the New Safe Confinement (Sarcophagus, Shelter). New sarcophagus will be covered completely ruined fourth unit and to progressively transform the station into an ecologically safe system.

Cranes like acting. It seems that if you look closely, you'll see them move and hear the sound of their work ...

Front of the station - the remains of the famous mystic red forest. After the nuclear disaster that forest took over the largest share of radiation. This resulted in a brown staining pine red and tree death. Because of the interaction of enzymes with radioactive particles tree forest night light!

During the planning of decontamination essential part of the forest was taken down and buried. But some red trees are still visible.

Next to the station for its employees was built the city of Pripyat. The city was built from scratch builders all over the USSR. Here and kindergartens, schools, hospitals, clubs, amusement park, greenhouses. In general, all the necessary infrastructure to work, live and relax.

Once human influence ceased, nature quickly won over his own. The trees are actively growing almost everywhere.

This post-apocalyptic landscape.

Look closely at the upper left of the frame ...

I increased the photos, now clearly visible from a large carousel amusement park of Pripyat. Its opening was planned for May 1, 1986.

This urban greenhouses. Broken glass glittered in the sun, it is clearly seen even in pictures from space.

Despite all this, and a strange feeling of unreality does not leave for a minute.

Infected after the worst industrial disaster mankind wasteland. Abandoned city of Pripyat.

Abandoned harbor cranes.

Behind - the border with the Republic of Belarus. That there is the railway, which once was actively used.

Pond cooling reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. In the middle of the pond - a long mound island. It is made to ensure that the water circulated through the longest paths and better cooling nuclear power plant. Downstairs pictures - the river Pripyat.