Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Measuring-Radiation-at-the-Red-Forest-in-Pripyat-27MZIFIRHS5K.htmlConceptually similarGhost Town Pripyat near ChernobylGP039T7Completed★★★★★Radioactive Firefighter's Helmet in PripyatGP030VJCompleted★★★★Ghost Town Pripyat near ChernobylGP039SVCompleted★★★★Ghost Town Pripyat near ChernobylGP039SWCompleted★★★★★★Ghost Town Pripyat near ChernobylGP039SXCompleted★★★★Ghost Town Pripyat near ChernobylGP039SYCompleted★★★★Ghost Town Pripyat near ChernobylGP039SZCompleted★★★★★Ghost Town Pripyat near ChernobylGP039T0Completed★★★★Ghost Town Pripyat near ChernobylGP039T1Completed★View AllGP0310PMeasuring Radiation at the Red Forest in PripyatMeasuring 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.In original language:Messstrahlung im Roten Wald in PripyatRoter Wald Ð Hier stand vor Zeiten der so genannte Rote Wald Ð ein Wald, der rot geworden war nach dem Tschernobyl-Unfall. Der Wald wurde spaeter abgeholzt. Die Radioaktivitaet ist hier auch nach zwanzig Jahren noch sehr hoch. Das Messgeraet zeigt gut ueber 800 Mikroroentgen die Stunde.Locations:Eastern Europe-Pripyat-UkraineDate:27 Jul, 2005Credit:© Vaclav Vasku / GreenpeaceMaximum size:2592px X 1944pxKeywords:Close ups-Day-Fences-Forests (topography)-Hands-KWCI (GPI)-Nuclear (campaign title)-Nuclear accidents-Nuclear energy-Nuclear radiation-Outdoors-Radiation-Radiation effects-Radiation measurement-Radiation measurement toolsShoot:Chernobyl 20 Years After the Nuclear DisasterDocumentation of regions and people affected by the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster, photographed nearly twenty years after the event.