A regenerated pine tree growing in the Chernobyl meltdown area two years after the disaster. The lower part of the tree is dead and mummified due to radiation exposure in 1986. The distance from the Chernobyl power unit is four kilometers. The U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences experimental plot.
- Categories: Environmental Issues, Disasters & Accidents
- Location: Belarus
- Event date: 01.08.1989
- Date published: 21.10.2010
- Author: M. Gluhov
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: 89-4072, 35 mm film
- Media: JPEG, 3544x5234px, 6.5Mb