Pripyat, Russia - Steel Soldiers::Military Vehicles Supersite

M715ForLife · 01-13-2010, 16:07

From Russia, with love.

I saw these on a website, and though I'd post up.

gunboy1656 · 01-13-2010, 16:33

I believe a couple of these got posted a while ago. Still cool to see. Sucks they cant be touched for a VERY loooong time.

fuzzytoaster · 01-13-2010, 16:38

I use to picture hunt for these types of things and sadly.. "no-touchy!" Heck..no "looky" half the time anyway. But this is just the stuff we know of, I couldnt imagine what has been burried, overgrown, or simply lost.

srodocker · 01-13-2010, 16:42

insane...goverments wasting money again

gunboy1656 · 01-13-2010, 16:44

For those i would not call it "wasting money". That is a boneyard of equipment used at chernobyl.

fuzzytoaster · 01-13-2010, 16:57

You could take it but it has the best anti-theft device known to man: Radiation. You wont know you triggered the alarm until about 20 years later and it will be too late then hahaha!

DanMartin · 01-13-2010, 17:03

Somewhat related, here is a site that is a few years old from a very brave woman named Elana in the Ukraine (this is actually a mirror I believe, as the original site was taken down years ago).

KIDDofSPEED - GHOST TOWN - Chernobyl Pictures - Kidofspeed - Elena

(it's an old site and a bit hard to follow...but click though the links...lots of great photos of Pripyat and the surrounding countryside). Fascinating.

At the bottom of the main page is a disclaimer. Apparently there were some accusations of this gal being a fake for some reason, but these photos look real enough to me, and I believe she wanted to the world to see what happened there.

srodocker · 01-13-2010, 17:11

thats crazy

Capt.Marion · 01-13-2010, 17:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by gunboy1656

I believe a couple of these got posted a while ago. Still cool to see. Sucks they cant be touched for a VERY loooong time.

Well that's one way to prevent them from going to the scrapper!

SCSG-G4 · 01-13-2010, 17:54

I've been on Elaina F's site several times. That is not the only story she has to tell. If you read, you will find that her father is one of the scientists that works at Chernyobl monitoring the site.