Where Nature Rules

Where on Earth?
Chernobyl, Ukraine
GPS Coordinates: 51°23′N 30°5′E

In the early hours of April 26th, 1986, a series of oversights and mistakes during a safety test led to the world’s first major nuclear accident: a catastrophic meltdown in reactor four at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in what is now Ukraine. The ensuing explosions and fires lofted highly radioactive fallout into the atmosphere, with much of it falling on the surrounding area and nearby…