The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Chernobyl

The following link is a series of photos taken by National Geographic photographer Gerd Ludwig to raise awareness about Chernobyl 25 years after the accident. I highly recommend it.

http://www.longshadowofchernobyl.com/photos/

You'll also learn fun facts like this:

Apparently, the reactor is enclosed by a concrete sarcophagus, which is deteriorating. If one of the walls falls before a more permanent solution is put in place, the amount of radiation released will be comparable to that of the original accident.

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