A retraction of sorts

Posted by Paul Raven @ 05-12-2005 in General •

Mary Mycio via Neil Gaiman:

I am based in Kyiv and writing a book about Chornobyl for the Joseph Henry Press. Several sources have sent me links to the “Ghost Town” photo essay included in the last e-POSHTA mailing. Though it was full of factual errors, I did find the notion of lone young woman riding her motorcycle through the evacuated Zone of Alienation to be intriguing and asked about it when I visited there two days ago.

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Pictures from abandoned Chernobyl region

Posted by Paul Raven @ 04-12-2005 in General •

GHOST TOWN - Chernobyl Pictures:
This fascinating site describes the author’s journeys by motorbike through the deserted regions surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear plant that famously blew up in 1986. The pictures are haunting beyond measure, and the author’s commentary is lucid, if not always grammatically perfect! Continue reading “Pictures from abandoned Chernobyl region”

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