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Drone photography shows the decayed Chernobyl area

A drone’s-eye view of CHERNOBYL: Eerie footage reveals a city left to decay after devastating nuclear disaster, Daily Mail Australia 28 Nov 14 (Incl video and photos) 

• Pripyat was just miles from the Chernobyl plant which exploded in 1986
• Drone footage was captured by Devon-based filmmaker, Danny Cooke
• He used a DJI Phantom 2 quadcopter, a Canon 7D camera and a GoPro3+
• It shows haunting views of abandoned fairground rides and buildings 
• ‘There was something serene yet disturbing about this place,’ said Cooke

By ELLIE ZOLFAGHARIFARD FOR MAILONLINE, 28 November 2014 |

A frozen Ferris wheel, poisoned forests and paint sloughing off an empty swimming pool; these are the remains of a city devastated by a nuclear disaster nearly 30 years ago.

Pripyat in Ukraine, once home to a population of 50,000, was just a few miles from the Chernobyl power plant which exploded in 1986.

Now, a Devon-based documentary maker, Danny Cooke, has captured the area in decay by flying  around the abandoned area using a camera attached to a drone

The footage shows Pripyat being taken over by nature. Eerie views of rusted bumper cars and scattered papers are placed alongside golden flowers and trees growing among buildings.

While many images have emerged of Pripyat since the disaster, this footage is the first to provide a drone’s-eye view of its abandoned remains……….http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2851

November 28, 2014 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Resources -audiovicual