person

i doubt its from the graphite fires, as they were put out by then, but the fule rods still make a bounch of heat even when the reactor is turned off, so it could be steam or some kind of reaction like that...

Posted by Guest on Mon 02 May 2005 18:42:09 PDT

whirlwind

According to the OECD`s Nuclear Energy Agency report on Chernobyl, the graphite fires were not put out until May 9. By May 3, 5000t had been dumped on the reactor, but not all had reached the target. So I guess the smoke could come from the graphite.

Posted by Guest on Sun 22 May 2005 11:21:34 PDT

nighthawke

I've seen the footage where the blue fire from the ionized hydrogen is emitted. From what I can recall, The smoke and the ionization was mixed together. The fuel rods themselves were visible as reddened shafts and had fields of blue ionization around them.
The footage came at a steep cost. I do not think the crew that took that film survived very long after that..

Posted by Guest on Wed 26 Apr 2006 21:09:34 PDT

duralinux@gmail.com

Nighthawke, Where the hell did you see something like that? Were you at Chernobyl when the accident happened?

Posted by Guest on Thu 27 Apr 2006 12:27:17 PDT

AlexxSoft@bk.ru

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Posted by Guest on Thu 04 May 2006 11:35:37 PDT

vampiricon@abv.bg

This prooves our self - distruction, unfortunately this was done by human hands!

Posted by Guest on Fri 05 May 2006 01:24:54 PDT

Kelly

Hey, check this biking girl out. She makes frequent visits to the reactor site and Pripyat on her bike http://www.elenafilatova.com/

Posted by Guest on Wed 10 May 2006 01:04:02 PDT

Conrad

@Kelly- that biker chick turned out to be a scam and she has since changed the website (this was about a year ago). She only went on a standard tour of the Pripyat area, and they didn't even let her bike in past the borders. It was all a huge load of BS, she even admitted. Go ahead and google "kiddofspeed fake" and see what pops up.

And as for anyone saying they saw any pictures of the blue clouds of smoke, I thought that none existed due to the USSR's initial desire to keep the incident quiet?

Posted by Guest on Wed 14 Jun 2006 17:22:33 PDT

Alan

@Conrad : I thought this tour happened only during the day. If they didn't even let the bike in then how is the bike in the night time photos?

Posted by Guest on Sun 25 Jun 2006 22:49:51 PDT

Austin

Alans right, i am 80% sure she went. theres alot showing she was there that other pics cant say.

Posted by Guest on Mon 03 Jul 2006 13:58:00 PDT

raz

Here is some interesting footage showing the molten fuel...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkQLKidriSY

Posted by Guest on Thu 24 Aug 2006 09:19:54 PDT

nighthawke

That youtube link shows the blue fire and exposed rods. There is footage that was shown on The History Channel that showed the evacuation in progress where there are white flashes from where radiation struck the film.

Posted by Guest on Mon 04 Sep 2006 19:28:18 PDT

Cryptic

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Posted by Guest on Wed 08 Nov 2006 16:41:58 PST

The Bull

To every1 talking about the biker girl, i think that she did go to the area.

Posted by Guest on Fri 01 Dec 2006 22:02:09 PST

Meh

You can do quite a lot with photoshop these days and don't you have to stay in the group on those tours?

Posted by Guest on Sun 17 Dec 2006 22:45:02 PST

Paganz@yahoo.com

Man, that was such a horrible tragedy. What excactly was the cause of the accident? Something happen with the cooling system and it got too hot and melted down? Very interesting stuff here.

Posted by Guest on Sun 24 Dec 2006 06:42:50 PST

TJ

I would imagine this is the graphite smoke as the photo was taken on the day of the incident - however I do not claim to be an expert in the field of nuclear disasters or indeed atomic science. The photo was taken by a gentleman called Anatoly Rasskazov, summoned to the power station the same day as the incident to photograph it. This is taken from a helicopter that flew over the reactor. Despite requests by his fellow passengers on board the chopper to keep the window closed, he could not get a good enough photograph with it shut due to the huge amount of ash and debris in the air. Unbelievably, he actually leaned out of the window to take this photograph and other aerial shots - and astonishingly he is still alive, despite having suffered terribly. The number of roentgens he would have received simply flying over the reactor would be immense; leaning out would have exacerbated this considerably. The BBC website contains a particularly interesting article on this man, whom they managed to track down. ...

I would imagine this is the graphite smoke as the photo was taken on the day of the incident - however I do not claim to be an expert in the field of nuclear disasters or indeed atomic science. The photo was taken by a gentleman called Anatoly Rasskazov, summoned to the power station the same day as the incident to photograph it. This is taken from a helicopter that flew over the reactor. Despite requests by his fellow passengers on board the chopper to keep the window closed, he could not get a good enough photograph with it shut due to the huge amount of ash and debris in the air. Unbelievably, he actually leaned out of the window to take this photograph and other aerial shots - and astonishingly he is still alive, despite having suffered terribly. The number of roentgens he would have received simply flying over the reactor would be immense; leaning out would have exacerbated this considerably. The BBC website contains a particularly interesting article on this man, whom they managed to track down. Available here as of 27.12.06 - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6177927.stm

Posted by Guest on Wed 27 Dec 2006 06:47:43 PST

Zach

the radiation from the accident itself would completely wipe out any film recordings of the reactor from that range.

Posted by Guest on Mon 08 Jan 2007 09:59:07 PST

Daniel

These cameras were old and mechanical, they were probably more resistant to radiation than a modern digital one.

Posted by Guest on Tue 09 Jan 2007 18:08:04 PST

Polonius

No. Ever had an XRAY? Film is sensitive to Gamma Radiation.

Posted by Guest on Fri 23 Feb 2007 23:45:46 PST

benji

the human bullshit ...

Posted by Guest on Fri 21 Dec 2007 12:50:47 PST

Da man

What is wrong with this world?? I honestly think humans are going to create there own doom. someday something goes very wrong and the whole world is contaminated.

Posted by Guest on Tue 22 Jan 2008 13:56:21 PST

trisha

ye boy

Posted by Guest on Wed 23 Jan 2008 05:50:05 PST

bsimic@fesb.hr

The photographer made two series of photos: the first series was completely blank (by the radiation exposure). The second series was made after the camera was protected by lead plates. These photos are the first ones made after the accident.

Posted by Guest on Sun 27 Jan 2008 19:16:10 PST

timi

lol da man your freakin crazy you stupid emo i highly doubt that will happen GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by Guest on Wed 14 May 2008 16:39:27 PDT

scott kizewski

wow, who can't believe somone through there life away for a picture... foolish if you ask me.

Posted by Guest on Thu 04 Sep 2008 11:57:22 PDT

twitter.com/mccaw

Creeeeeeeeepy (creepy)!

Posted by Guest on Wed 25 Feb 2009 02:50:12 PST

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omg that is bigger then a atomic bomb/tiny nuke

Posted by ti (guest) on Fri 13 May 2011 05:05:50 PDT

can we fix it, no we can't

Posted by bob the biulder (guest) on Fri 13 May 2011 05:10:42 PDT

wow

This is absolutely amazing I love stuff like this i may only be 12 but i am really Into stuff like this. Amazing:D

Posted by tilly (guest) on Mon 13 Jun 2011 02:40:40 PDT

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Weeeee, what a quick and easy soultoin.

Posted by Linx (guest) on Sun 16 Oct 2011 21:07:23 PDT

...

At the time noone knew what was going on not for a week atleast or of the dangers and precautions they had to take

Posted by Sam (guest) on Wed 02 May 2012 00:23:56 PDT