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Chernobyl | Rachel Yurkovich
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Artemisia vulgaris (Mugwort)
The city of Chernobyl's name is the same as a local Ukrainian name for this plant which is чорнобиль or "chornobyl". Mugwort is a type of wormwood.

Pripyat square
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Pripyat square

Rossoha vehicle scrap yard

Rossoha vehicle scrap yard

Rossoha vehicle scrap yard

Leliv village

Leliv village
Happy New Year 1985 postcard left behind in a house

Leliv village

Leliv village

Leliv village

Leliv village

Zalissya village

Leliv village

Zalissya village

Zalissya village
Mouse poop on a blanket

House Boat, on the Pripyat River

Emerald summer camp

Swingset Emerald summer camp

Ant hill in Emerald summer camp
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Outhouse in Emerald summer camp

Factory Kitchen

Factory Kitchen

Shopping center in Pripyat

Shopping center in Pripyat

Fish farm and lab
This location was used to test radioactive fish after the disaster. They fed the fish to foxes and minks that they were breeding for fir and they got sick.

Fish farm and lab

Fish farm and lab

Fish farm and lab

Chernobyl Scientific Center
At this location they studied the effects of radiation on plants after the disaster. That was once a greenhouse.
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