In 1986, one of four Soviet reactors at Chernobyl, in Ukraine, exploded in the worst nuclear disaster in human history, leaving behind a desolate wasteland
THESE photographs lay bare what has been dubbed a “post-apocalyptic wonderland” where unauthorised people are forbidden to tread.
This gallery of eerie images was taken by covert urban explorers, who bravely delved into a 1000 square mile danger zone where human civilisation has been extinct for decades.
The nuclear nightmare will be recreated in five-part dramatisation called Chernobyl, which is a co-production between Sky Orginal and HBO.
It has been billed as telling the untold story of the lives of the people who saw it first hand.
But you can see for yourself the realities of one of the world’s worst man-made disasters after everyone fled.
Unlicensed tours are run by a clandestine group who call themselves , who have taken these images.
They’ll take you on a 55 mile trip lasting four days. You’ve got to be fit though because it is done on foot with backpacks.
The guides say they know where the radiation hotspots are and they make sure that all the abandoned houses and apartments you'll be staying in are not contaminated.
But just in case they carry radiometers.
And for good reason.
The April 26 1986 the nuclear power plant meltdown released at least 100 times more radiation than the atom bombs dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
More than 116,000 people had to abandon their homes, cars, lives and everything remains as they left it.
These days radiation levels have fallen.
The Chernobyl Explorers say makes a short-term visit safe, although it is unlikely it will be fit for humans to live there for many years to come.
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