Measuring Radiation at the Red Forest in Pripyat

Measuring radiation at the site of the so-called "Red Forest. The name "Red Forest" comes from the ginger-brown colour of the pine trees after they died following the absorption of high levels of radiation from the Chernobyl accident. In the post-disaster cleanup operations, the Red Forest was bulldozed and buried in the ground. After twenty years radioactive contamination here is still very high. Dosimeter shows well over 800 microroentgens per hour.