Chernobyl - What It's Like Today

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  • This is what a nuclear disaster area looks like.
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  • @azorahai2926
    @azorahai2926 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10176

    Chernobyl fans: The show was amazing we want season 2.
    Ukrainian people : wait what ????

    • @doublejacketjimmy391
      @doublejacketjimmy391 4 ปีที่แล้ว +365

      Ukrainians, Belarusians and pretty much whole Europe.

    • @ugurgoktolga7359
      @ugurgoktolga7359 4 ปีที่แล้ว +256

      There was actually another accident in 1991 at Chernoyl. It did not involve radioactivity though. This time it was really just a hydrogen explosion :-)

    • @muhammadhilal912
      @muhammadhilal912 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      L0L

    • @fearlesssoul9408
      @fearlesssoul9408 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      We hope so 😂

    • @taimmnsour8071
      @taimmnsour8071 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      LMAO

  • @Callux
    @Callux 9 ปีที่แล้ว +15310

    50,000 people used to live here, now its a ghost town

  • @leokimvideo
    @leokimvideo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2945

    Chernobyl - What It's Like Today...5 years ago!

    • @dreed100
      @dreed100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Many of the iconic areas around pripyat got burned down...

    • @plushtank4280
      @plushtank4280 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @dreed100
      69 likes, you seem sus

    • @zJqshxa
      @zJqshxa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Plush Tank no u

    • @Tactikill44
      @Tactikill44 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hey it's you

    • @tomrabbani
      @tomrabbani 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      *congratulations, you have mastered the concept of time*

  • @alexsovtysik579
    @alexsovtysik579 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1871

    My dad’s godfather died at that day when it exploded he died because he was a firefighter and they did not tell what happened

    • @loo524
      @loo524 3 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      Alex Sovtysik RIP ❤️

    • @shubhamarya9786
      @shubhamarya9786 3 ปีที่แล้ว +196

      if it is true than he is an hero , he jump for saving other without knowing what happened

    • @savagepanda8458
      @savagepanda8458 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      RIP 🙏

    • @hydra6440
      @hydra6440 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      Alex I thank you and your family for your sacrifice on that day. If your family wasn’t there, we might not be standing here today. Thank you

    • @lukehiorns2972
      @lukehiorns2972 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      He is a hero then rip ❤

  • @MWPRO1000
    @MWPRO1000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17625

    3.6M views. Not good but not terrible

    • @man2762
      @man2762 5 ปีที่แล้ว +348

      That's about 5 x-rays

    • @CroatZg
      @CroatZg 5 ปีที่แล้ว +350

      More like 400 x-rays.

    • @pardisarjmandi8889
      @pardisarjmandi8889 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      😂

    • @flavianocunhajr.5006
      @flavianocunhajr.5006 5 ปีที่แล้ว +185

      It's not 3.6M views. it's 15,000M views. (the author wished...)

    • @danielossa2721
      @danielossa2721 5 ปีที่แล้ว +156

      You did not see any graphite

  • @binaryryuga6515
    @binaryryuga6515 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3991

    Moment of silence for those who prevented this disaster from doing anymore damage

    • @1littlelee
      @1littlelee 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      theres no moments of silence then, its has been dramatist by the west, tell me what year did reactor 1-2 and 3 shut down, how many years AFTER the explosion and how many of the 138 workers that worked after the explosion are alive, I know the answers, they will shock you as the event was NOT as bad as it was made out to be, also how many people have been in the so called radioactive zone from before till this day?

    • @silence8205
      @silence8205 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      *silence*

    • @gabriel_a3642
      @gabriel_a3642 4 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      Respects for Legasov.

    • @1littlelee
      @1littlelee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @nice nice its was all the experts agree it was sensationalised, 1000's of people die a short life a day, i am sorry but i dont believe you!

    • @chesteragibon4202
      @chesteragibon4202 4 ปีที่แล้ว +128

      @@1littlelee dont act like you know the whole story

  • @manijain2584
    @manijain2584 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1622

    He could honestly narrate in a movie

    • @Cr1ng
      @Cr1ng 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes

    • @noahtillier5416
      @noahtillier5416 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      He literally did this video because he was narrating a documentary and had footage.

    • @XSISTANCE
      @XSISTANCE 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No cap

    • @noname-sk3hl
      @noname-sk3hl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      His dream originally was to become a film producer.
      Fact.

    • @shubhamarya9786
      @shubhamarya9786 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@noname-sk3hl are u serious .hm

  • @WiseAndWide
    @WiseAndWide 3 ปีที่แล้ว +475

    Imagine the people who lived there seeing this after so much time and recognising their belongings in the video, they places they used to go to, dine, hang out, walk... the emotional turmoil they must go through, unimaginable!

    • @brennam954
      @brennam954 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Faul Milter Not necessarily. This was only 35 years ago.

    • @harbirsingh7266
      @harbirsingh7266 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@brennam954 only?

    • @jaisuriyar5259
      @jaisuriyar5259 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      All this years, they should have adapted to the new place and new life... :)

    • @Youmu_Konpaku_
      @Youmu_Konpaku_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The old residents are either already old enough and died or forgotten about it. Or little toddlers/kids who barely remember this incident and their belongings

    • @Disorder2312
      @Disorder2312 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I just imagined this, but with my city, and it really is feeling incredibly sad...

  • @Kabz8
    @Kabz8 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3092

    Felt radioactive, might decay later.

    • @frannehxpoopz
      @frannehxpoopz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      😂😂😂

    • @orthodoxtemplar7924
      @orthodoxtemplar7924 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Best comment ever, you, my comrade, are a hero of Soviet union👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

    • @joshuagommers3672
      @joshuagommers3672 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      LMAOOOOO

    • @Rettro404
      @Rettro404 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😂🤣

    • @Felisargyle
      @Felisargyle 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Is this original did you make it would like you use it for Instagram. I need to give you credit.

  • @Kebabalaba
    @Kebabalaba 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11977

    Explain to me how an RBMK reactor explodes

    • @ArjabSenguptaa
      @ArjabSenguptaa 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2262

      N E U T R O N S
      A R E
      B U L L E T S

    • @charlies.5777
      @charlies.5777 5 ปีที่แล้ว +368

      Piss-poor Commie engineering. It was built LIKE a Yugo. Or a Fiat!!

    • @mattkiss3
      @mattkiss3 5 ปีที่แล้ว +113

      very carelessly

    • @caesarcch3879
      @caesarcch3879 5 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      The most credible source that is still quite accessible in my opinion is this: th-cam.com/video/UeVIzHEh7a4/w-d-xo.html

    • @caesarcch3879
      @caesarcch3879 5 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      And if you are not familiar with nuclear physics you may watch this first(the source is maybe not credible as much as the previous one): th-cam.com/video/lUhJL7o6_cA/w-d-xo.html

  • @AkashS007
    @AkashS007 3 ปีที่แล้ว +415

    The dosimeter's sound is one of the most scariest sounds I've ever heard.

    • @DrYeet2704
      @DrYeet2704 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Nah, I could go to sleep with that sound. I like radiation. I don’t fear it (well, unless it goes into the >2mSv range!), unlike most. Yes, the Cold War brought to light how dangerous it can be, but there isn’t really much to worry about normally. Not unless a new Cold War sparks off again.

    • @rexfoxoloughlin6033
      @rexfoxoloughlin6033 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@DrYeet2704 You "like radiation"? Right...

    • @digitalradiohacker
      @digitalradiohacker 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      If you can hear clicks, that is the sound of individual particles colliding with the detector. This means you can probably hang around.
      The scary sound is when when the clicks are so frequent, the detector emits a constant scream. If you hear that, run.

    • @LSD97123
      @LSD97123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Do all dosimeters require to have that sound? I mean, why don't they come with beep sounds.

    • @user-ps5ni5gt8m
      @user-ps5ni5gt8m 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      What does a dosimeter detect? Does dosimeter's detects Viruses like radiation Virus 😂 ✌ I like that sound I wish we can use it to detect Variants,

  • @nezurrak
    @nezurrak 3 ปีที่แล้ว +156

    3:12 "you can't feel it, smell it or see it" Toptunov: "do you taste metal?"

    • @prakarshgautam5518
      @prakarshgautam5518 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Excessive amount of radiation has a metallic smell and taste.

    • @DrYeet2704
      @DrYeet2704 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That was both Toptunov and Ignatenko. But large radiation fields (into roentgen/second or sieverts/second) can cause a metallic taste (due to radiolysis, the breaking down of tissue due to excessive radiation). But fields that large (1Sv/h is guaranteed to start radiation sickness, 10Sv/h is guaranteed death WITH treatment) are basically death forcefields.

    • @Obi_Wan_Kenobi_027
      @Obi_Wan_Kenobi_027 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@prakarshgautam5518 That’s the radiation breaking down the roof of your mouth. Your not really tasting metal as much as you are tasting blood

    • @wissam5811
      @wissam5811 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Horrifically it's the taste of the blood, not radiation.

  • @kenzolr9373
    @kenzolr9373 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4945

    Is comrade Dyatlov still in the toilet?

    • @usmanafridi9668
      @usmanafridi9668 4 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      He dead

    • @danarthur771
      @danarthur771 4 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      hes having a toilet chat with Stallin

    • @belal2702
      @belal2702 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      He is a terrible human

    • @DanteGTX
      @DanteGTX 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      @@belal2702 You can't prove that, there is a interview with him, and it make me feel that government blame him to clean their reputation.

    • @jkjayanto786
      @jkjayanto786 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Very under rated

  • @BarkaDog
    @BarkaDog 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3335

    *after 24000 years*
    Video title: standing on reactor number 4

    • @Ayrnalin
      @Ayrnalin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      the radioactive is lower and lower. You say after 24000 years right? Reactor will become very low.

    • @fortnitegod2014xx
      @fortnitegod2014xx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      24000 years? more like 10 or 20 due to them planning to attempt to clean up the mess

    • @Rottwiler44
      @Rottwiler44 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Connor ya but there’s one giant problem, how do you clean the elephants foot under reactor #4? Anything it touches becomes part of the enormous lump of corium.

    • @purplepizza2159
      @purplepizza2159 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Connor watch vsauces what will we miss video I think it’s that one it’s I think a few million years is likely wrong tho but watch the video to see how long

    • @jackp.richardson6415
      @jackp.richardson6415 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Humanity will be over by then

  • @leopruhs4859
    @leopruhs4859 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1328

    "They were told it was only going to be for two weeks"
    They told me that too, but its been 6 months

    • @matthews2965
      @matthews2965 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      “Two weeks to slow the spread”

    • @yolii16
      @yolii16 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      My thoughts exactly

    • @saurabhponkshe
      @saurabhponkshe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      But it’s reversed. We are stuck at *home!*

    • @mthedirectioner
      @mthedirectioner 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Stupid virus i hate bad things

    • @OranJJeTofu
      @OranJJeTofu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Two weeks.....oh how naive I was

  • @vitaliysakun-duvalko8946
    @vitaliysakun-duvalko8946 3 ปีที่แล้ว +639

    My mom worked south of Chernobyl. She was operating on childrens’ teeth. She saw a whole bunch of deformed mouths, and cleft lips and pallets. This was because of the radiation, and the kids grew deformities. She says that now she has PTSD, from seeing all the pain those kids went through.

    • @Tolo64
      @Tolo64 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      I respect your mother for going through that

    • @vitaliysakun-duvalko8946
      @vitaliysakun-duvalko8946 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@Tolo64 thanks

    • @vijeshkumar692
      @vijeshkumar692 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Salute your mother for helping them and I hope she gets well 🙏 ❤

    • @tube4andy
      @tube4andy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Not surprised about the ptsd. I hope you're managing well

    • @vitaliysakun-duvalko8946
      @vitaliysakun-duvalko8946 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@master_of_blinchiki was he affected by the blast?

  • @LordMichaelRahl
    @LordMichaelRahl 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3232

    HBO Chernobyl show comes out
    TH-cam algorithm to Veritasium: I'm about to make this man's whole career

    • @SaiKiran-cj3ez
      @SaiKiran-cj3ez 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      What u gonna do

    • @vivs005
      @vivs005 5 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      It was already made I guess, this guy's pretty popular.

    • @rektbish5315
      @rektbish5315 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      He is already popular nigga

    • @rydemk4168
      @rydemk4168 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He has like 5 1/2 Million subs

    •  5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      LordMichaelRahl dude it’s actually your shame to not knowing Veritasium before the HBO show

  • @Zachary_M_ELOuellad
    @Zachary_M_ELOuellad 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2517

    3 weeks later: "I feel something's growing inside my neck".

    • @Anothersigmamale
      @Anothersigmamale 5 ปีที่แล้ว +150

      *Turns into that 3 headed dragon thing from Godzilla movie*

    • @Zachary_M_ELOuellad
      @Zachary_M_ELOuellad 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@Anothersigmamale 😂😂😂😂

    • @madlangtuta3874
      @madlangtuta3874 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Jokes on you this was 4 years ago

    • @Zachary_M_ELOuellad
      @Zachary_M_ELOuellad 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@madlangtuta3874 Well I guess they took him to the infirmary on time.

    • @kaneenabled2967
      @kaneenabled2967 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      "do you taste metal?"

  • @talha5007
    @talha5007 4 ปีที่แล้ว +611

    this area is literally got time frozen, things are there how it was there 35 years ago. its like clock didn't move a second.
    its scary how dangerous humans can be. creating destruction to the humanity and to the nature.

    • @christopherdinoguy8346
      @christopherdinoguy8346 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Nuclear is the best energy source. Chernobyl wasn't meant to be in ruins, it all happened because of the carelessness of the people in power.

    • @unusualvideos8269
      @unusualvideos8269 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Everything in the world will change , except this place ,It's A Living Museum Of Our Own History ...

    • @a_diamond
      @a_diamond 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@unusualvideos8269 no, the forest is slowly retaking the area. Nothing stays the same. Not even this place..

    • @alice_in_wonderland42
      @alice_in_wonderland42 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@christopherdinoguy8346 yeah they took out all the control rods which was a serious violation of protocol.

    • @b3nl555
      @b3nl555 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Such is life in the Zone

  • @UdanaWijesuriya
    @UdanaWijesuriya 3 ปีที่แล้ว +158

    Watching this video before watching HBO's Chernobyl and watching this after the series, are two very different experiences.

    • @DrYeet2704
      @DrYeet2704 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Read Adam Higginbotham’s “Midnight In Chernobyl”. Compare the series to the book and there ARE differences. And actually relatively big ones. One of which is that Scherbina didn’t stay for as long as the series depicts it. Legasov did, but Scherbina didn’t. The first commission was replaced by another, and Scherbina was replaced by Ivan Silayev. It was he also who gave a speech saying that Sredmash would build the Sarcophagus (or sarkofag, as the Ukranians and Russians called it).

    • @AnandSingh-sw4yk
      @AnandSingh-sw4yk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why different experiences

  • @davidjuneja
    @davidjuneja 4 ปีที่แล้ว +810

    That Geiger counter sound will always haunt me.

    • @mce3210
      @mce3210 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      david juneja half life sound

    • @lennythecorgiboi7675
      @lennythecorgiboi7675 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      same aaaah

    • @blackpanther6655
      @blackpanther6655 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      True...

    • @davidjuneja
      @davidjuneja 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @EnglishMuffin thanks.

    • @vin6665
      @vin6665 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You’ll be surprised when we receive about 0,1 radiation in a year.

  • @putinontheritzv.2248
    @putinontheritzv.2248 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2567

    I'm surprised we didn't see any bandits in the forests yelling cheeki breeki

  • @knowledgedaily1173
    @knowledgedaily1173 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    This video is surprisingly peaceful.

  • @Ullish1989
    @Ullish1989 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    It's amazing. I've never had any experience with radiation but the sound of the meter is hard-wired into my brain as terrifying. Something about the creeping, cracking blips just sends chills

  • @DarySLO
    @DarySLO 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2829

    3.6 Roentgen. Not great, not terrible.

    • @cakes4494
      @cakes4494 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Oof

    • @IngvarMar
      @IngvarMar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      You did not see graphite

    • @MinimusMaximus
      @MinimusMaximus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I’ve seen worse

    • @Guy65006
      @Guy65006 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      It’s not 3,6. It’s 15000 roentgen

    • @jpl8256
      @jpl8256 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      90 second

  • @iyonsaja6124
    @iyonsaja6124 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2417

    "You are dealing with something that has never occured in this planet before"
    ~Professor Legasov~

    • @SteveNaranjo
      @SteveNaranjo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Most powerful line so far to me... but it was "you are dealing with something that had never occurred on on this planet before"... loving the show❤❤

    • @MR-pn8cp
      @MR-pn8cp 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      حاسب نفسه ليغاسوف 😂

    • @prot07ype87
      @prot07ype87 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      - Professor Legasov

    • @superresistant8041
      @superresistant8041 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SteveNaranjo what's the reference ?

    • @SteveNaranjo
      @SteveNaranjo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@superresistant8041 The phrase comes from a show named "Chernobyl" in HBO, is a fantastic series, if you haven't seen it go and check it.

  • @Andrew-zi7yt
    @Andrew-zi7yt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    “I am inside an old kindergarten and it is incredibly peaceful”
    Try going in at night, wonder what it feels like 🤷🏻‍♂️

    • @0638
      @0638 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      No

  • @_cubedude_2505
    @_cubedude_2505 3 ปีที่แล้ว +163

    "they were told it would only be for 2 weeks" hits a little too close to home right now

    • @DrYeet2704
      @DrYeet2704 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      3 days, actually. That’s why they left everything.

    • @anemari5809
      @anemari5809 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      😭

  • @Spalding1250
    @Spalding1250 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1939

    That bee at 4:13 is gonna make some pretty rad honey

  • @SpaisManUtd
    @SpaisManUtd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2531

    you didnt see the graphite, because its not there

    • @iamdoctorcat6347
      @iamdoctorcat6347 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What is graphite? Sorry im not good at science

    • @enzorinaldi8009
      @enzorinaldi8009 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@iamdoctorcat6347 just watch chernobyl in HBO

    • @angel102ify
      @angel102ify 5 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      @@iamdoctorcat6347 It's a form of carbon, it's used in nuclear reactors to control the reaction in the core, when Chernobyl exploded the radiated graphite rods were scattered all over the area surrounding the core, which also meant anyone that touched them even for a few seconds or went anywhere near them took massive amounts of gamma radiation.

    • @Malamockq
      @Malamockq 5 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      @@iamdoctorcat6347 That wasn't graphite that was just burned concrete.

    • @3User
      @3User 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@iamdoctorcat6347 the stuff used in pencils and graphite moderated reactors

  • @connormaykrantz4021
    @connormaykrantz4021 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    This dude’s gonna turn into a ghoul

    • @JohnPeacekeeper
      @JohnPeacekeeper 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Unless he gets turned into a pawn of the C-Consciousness first

  • @OGJongirl88
    @OGJongirl88 3 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    I was 8 when this happened. I remember the news breaking, people being scared and I said to my mother is everyone ok? She said ... god will keep them safe. Even today... this breaks my heart because I know she tried to reassure me but every year I light a candle to remember because of what she said. We can’t forget what happened but we can learn from it.

    • @gigiwoe
      @gigiwoe 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Angelita _ 🙏❤God bless you

    • @nicholebritton8522
      @nicholebritton8522 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm really sorry you went though this this is terrible... if you don't mind me asking how old are you and did you ever go back if not why if so how did you feel ?

    • @OGJongirl88
      @OGJongirl88 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nicholebritton8522 I was in school in the UK when this happened and we had to share our feelings in school about what happened.

    • @nicholebritton8522
      @nicholebritton8522 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@OGJongirl88 oh I'm just now lurking about it like on my own I just saw I vid I'm dissipated I have been in school half my life and just found out this happened so long ago I'm very disappointed in my school system

  • @simoncarlile5190
    @simoncarlile5190 7 ปีที่แล้ว +868

    You can feel radiation, when it's in high enough quantities. The firefighters who were called to the reactor that morning all later reported having a strong metallic taste in their mouth, and feeling pin pricks all over their face. Unfortunately, I meant _shortly_ later - most of those firefighters were dead within two weeks. When you are exposed to so much radiation that you can _feel_ it, you're pretty much doomed.

    • @alex-df1il
      @alex-df1il 7 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      sounds so sad >.

    • @ricksanchez8882
      @ricksanchez8882 7 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      You arent yet doomed. With alot of luck you can survive even if you "feel" it. Some of the soliders that were sent on the rooftops of the reactor to clean it off radioactive trash still got away with that metally taste. Fun fact is that that metally taste will mostly never go away

    • @indymathews1420
      @indymathews1420 7 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      I am not sure that counts as a 'fun' fact. lol

    • @simoncarlile5190
      @simoncarlile5190 7 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      I was talking about the firefighters that morning. The few dozen first responders who didn't even know that the fire was related to the core at all. Most of the ones who actually got near the building were dead within two weeks.
      My post didn't mention anything at all about the hundreds of thousands of people who came later, and who were at least aware of the scale and danger of the disaster.

    • @butterfinger4393
      @butterfinger4393 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      the workers got a blast of 6,000 and they too died with in weeks.

  • @miranhaider1337
    @miranhaider1337 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2295

    *Roams there without any protection*
    Radiation: Am i joke to you ??

    • @ireneuszpyc6684
      @ireneuszpyc6684 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      th-cam.com/video/P7YMI39sObY/w-d-xo.html
      that music video was filmed a year before Veritasium went there:
      2 actors roam around without any protection

    • @meterpaffay735
      @meterpaffay735 5 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      You are completely lacking any knowledge about radiation...

    • @TheBreathless24
      @TheBreathless24 5 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      @@meterpaffay735 Please do tell us. How is it NOT stupid to go there unprotected?

    • @bardes18
      @bardes18 5 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      @@TheBreathless24 Radiation levels at his location are waaaay too low to pose any risk. You could spend days over there without issue.

    • @sSkullCollector
      @sSkullCollector 5 ปีที่แล้ว +161

      @@bardes18 Yes and no. Although the risk of being harmed by the present radiation in the form of radiation sickness is low, you still expose yourself to much higher doses of radiaton. As with any radiation, you run the risk of having unusual cell growth.
      Exposing yourself to higher levels of radiation is increasing the risk, so you can argue it is dangerous.

  • @jimbeaux89
    @jimbeaux89 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    3:22 He’s in a forest, but you couldn’t hear any birds or other animals. Just pure silence. So weird

  • @elephantintheroom1654
    @elephantintheroom1654 3 ปีที่แล้ว +190

    "Im Inside an old kindergartener"
    -Veritasium

  • @Selena_2002
    @Selena_2002 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1795

    I can feel the radiation penetrating through the screen...

    • @camb381
      @camb381 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Yannick Cornelissen how?

    • @KobaMy
      @KobaMy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Radioactive update v2.1b (update contain : penetration through screen)

    • @johnrubensaragi4125
      @johnrubensaragi4125 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @Yannick Cornelissen "radiation". Light you see from that screen is another type of radiation.

    • @Juanoodi
      @Juanoodi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @Yannick Cornelissen Smartphones dont emit ionizing radiation, this means it can't harm your DNA.

    • @richeldalapera8119
      @richeldalapera8119 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@camb381 You cannot feel the radiation penetrating through your body but you will suffer its exposure effects like cancer, ulcers, cuts, etc. That's actually what he/she meant though....

  • @CraftyCarrot
    @CraftyCarrot 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3308

    “Why? Why are the tips made of Graphite?”
    “Simple.”
    *”It’s Cheap.”*

    • @jerome0929
      @jerome0929 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      It’s cheaper*

    • @i-R0k8
      @i-R0k8 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      That cost thousands of life

    • @waqas.180
      @waqas.180 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Look what those cheap Graphite tips have costed the Ukranians.. fault of a few.. so many people had to pay the price...

    • @hivestalker
      @hivestalker 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @Blin Kurwa stfu will you

    • @hivestalker
      @hivestalker 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@louieobrien5053 word.

  • @BabbyCat3008
    @BabbyCat3008 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    "All ghillied up" was a pretty accurate portrayal of this place. Even the ferris wheel and the dashing cars.

  • @TuddecBMW
    @TuddecBMW 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    "They were told they'd only be away for two weeks"
    Doesn't that sound familiar?

  • @liangliangxu7061
    @liangliangxu7061 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11227

    Whos here after watching the HBO show

    • @sharan9936
      @sharan9936 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Me...

    • @bigmamabecky30ross2
      @bigmamabecky30ross2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Me too , I'm on part 3 on the series now 👍

    • @ahmedhaitham5658
      @ahmedhaitham5658 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      also me

    • @moqqy
      @moqqy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Me too but the show sucked ass

    • @clearsmashdrop5829
      @clearsmashdrop5829 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Me...although ive seen this one before.

  • @sashankshah4833
    @sashankshah4833 5 ปีที่แล้ว +407

    "Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth..Sooner or later that debt is paid"
    -Valery Legasov

    • @shurr9856
      @shurr9856 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I have this crap tattooed in my shoulder

    • @skyhigh7773
      @skyhigh7773 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Omg i cried and got depresion when i learned about his fate ... still heve it..😭

    • @crownvicnl
      @crownvicnl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@skyhigh7773 Me too... I felt so empty at the end where the 3 got seperated in the Chernobyl show

  • @hobisnaps
    @hobisnaps 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    at 1:48 when he went into that dark room my anxiety spiked like I thought a two-headed raccoon was gonna jump out and bite him
    my imagination is overactive

    • @Cassie.21
      @Cassie.21 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too and bts!

    • @hobisnaps
      @hobisnaps 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Cassie.21 HEY ARMYYY

    • @Cassie.21
      @Cassie.21 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@hobisnaps ARMYYYYYYYYY! LIGHT IT UP LIKE DYNAMITE OH OH OH!

    • @hobisnaps
      @hobisnaps 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Cassie.21 SHININ THROUGH THE CITY WITH A LITTLE FUNK N SOUL

    • @notspongebobsquarepants3028
      @notspongebobsquarepants3028 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      this conversation is so wholesome

  • @meeta400
    @meeta400 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    When Governments say “its just 2 weeks”

  • @Guide4Ever
    @Guide4Ever 5 ปีที่แล้ว +500

    2:07 "It seems quiet and peaceful."
    Shows the torn apart teddy bear.

    • @SerafinGrivel
      @SerafinGrivel 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @elijahvw2088
      @elijahvw2088 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      With how quite it all was that bear gave me a jump scare

    • @superandreanintendo
      @superandreanintendo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We should make a scout camp into that exclusion zone and make some uranium bonfires for the night. Seems like a sober idea

    • @bmsmmeminem
      @bmsmmeminem 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      LMAO

  • @MeLikeGuns
    @MeLikeGuns 5 ปีที่แล้ว +886

    Veritasium: "Will my subscribers be taken care of?"
    Shcherbina: "I don't know."

    • @sajahmuhammed135
      @sajahmuhammed135 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I dont know

    • @jdringuk
      @jdringuk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Every generation must know its owen suffering..

  • @WaveIsAwsome
    @WaveIsAwsome 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Government: Dont eat those berries on Pripyat
    Trip Advisor: Dont eat those berries on Pripyat
    My Brain : *B I T E I T*

  • @Anasumi
    @Anasumi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Its at the same time beautiful and horrifying how everything looks there

  • @goxdie000
    @goxdie000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1041

    It's not 3.6 Roentgen, it's FIFTEEN THOUSAND.

    • @kevinfowler9795
      @kevinfowler9795 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And liveable is 14560 so basically fine

    • @zeus_chelseaFC
      @zeus_chelseaFC 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@kevinfowler9795 lol 15000 Roentgen is about 139 sievert and 8 sievert is enough to kill even with the medical attention

    • @Jakko25
      @Jakko25 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Clark_Kent_ZA little bit of sand will fix anything so I've heard

    • @rahul17023
      @rahul17023 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Basically, it's over 9000

    • @rainbow6siege345
      @rainbow6siege345 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Clark_Kent_ZA 10 million x ray

  • @AmodSandeepa
    @AmodSandeepa 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1390

    I'd rate this video 15000 out of 3.6

    • @traktorized3640
      @traktorized3640 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Amod 98 that’s actually a good joke

    • @idk_but_im_red
      @idk_but_im_red 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Only 15000 i would rate it like the core ...
      DONT WORRY ITS FINE THE CORE IS STILL THERE I TOTALLY LOOKED AT IT AND DIDNT HAVE MY FACE MELTED OFF

    • @danielturkington5502
      @danielturkington5502 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      not good but not terrible

    • @hugarada7156
      @hugarada7156 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Explain me how an RBMK reactor explodes

    • @lordmogg-wright5467
      @lordmogg-wright5467 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Delusional. Send him to the infirmary.

  • @sparklingalaxyplayz5097
    @sparklingalaxyplayz5097 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    My mother was 2 when it happened and she was on a train to her grandmothers they took a stop right next to Chernobyl for like 40 minutes and im so happy im fine and she’s fine and none of my brothers and me have cancer! :D

  • @kishannr911
    @kishannr911 4 ปีที่แล้ว +220

    2020: you aren't even wearing mask...

    • @eeggg9953
      @eeggg9953 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Kishan Kumar this was in 2015 tho

    • @natalieregling1496
      @natalieregling1496 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Right😂

    • @eeggg9953
      @eeggg9953 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      BubonicRat yeah now that i look back on it it was a joke
      also i probably would have liked your comment if you didnt like it

    • @Waddle_Dee_With_Internet
      @Waddle_Dee_With_Internet 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PeeMan733 no, he didn't notice it

    • @somemagellanic
      @somemagellanic 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PeeMan733 dont link subreddits outside reddit

  • @fadhil7959
    @fadhil7959 5 ปีที่แล้ว +881

    "Do you taste metal?"

    • @zach-ul7et
      @zach-ul7et 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@Clark_Kent_ZA there is no reactor...

    • @zach-ul7et
      @zach-ul7et 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@Clark_Kent_ZA i..... I don't know how.... it's not possible but it did

    • @Brando-gy1zx
      @Brando-gy1zx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sodium chloride

    • @marten1337
      @marten1337 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Brando-gy1zx NO! SALT!

    • @somervillestudios9713
      @somervillestudios9713 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I saw that in the show lol.

  • @PorkotylerClips
    @PorkotylerClips 5 ปีที่แล้ว +964

    Dyatlov be like: Although I’m commenting here I didn’t watch this video. I was on the toilet.

    • @airilsra
      @airilsra 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      the attorney be like: "TH-cam history said you watched the video, YOU WATCHED THE VIDEO!"

    • @Reblwitoutacause
      @Reblwitoutacause 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Tbh, most of the people who watched this, were likely watching while on the toilet 😂

    • @tipoftheiceberg1793
      @tipoftheiceberg1793 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Reblwitoutacause yep I'm here lol

    • @abdulsamad9033
      @abdulsamad9033 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I am watching this while light is gone and its dark and serene up on the roof😓, spoopky feeling

    • @celestialrex551
      @celestialrex551 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tuptonov disagrees

  • @liamardo9411
    @liamardo9411 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    6:28 This is the famous extraction point of price and macmillan

  • @nghiado9895
    @nghiado9895 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow that was very moving. Kudos!

  • @vonora9682
    @vonora9682 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2344

    Your three-eyed son will be proud of you!

    • @satvikarya9812
      @satvikarya9812 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @MrLinkmw
      @MrLinkmw 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Part81 76 you realise this vid was made ages ago

    • @incrdble9704
      @incrdble9704 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@jawad1422 it's not dangerous what means that dumb is you

    • @incrdble9704
      @incrdble9704 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jawad1422 I'm sure he wasn't there at least for a week, so there's nothing to talk about

    • @victortisme
      @victortisme 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@incrdble9704 he was there for four days, but it is actually safe. See his video "Our greatest delusion"

  • @hydroastral2830
    @hydroastral2830 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1282

    50.000 people used to live here,now its a ghost town.

    • @PeakeOfficial
      @PeakeOfficial 8 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      hehehe I get the reference

    • @hydroastral2830
      @hydroastral2830 8 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      ***** then play COD4.Best game

    • @Red1212
      @Red1212 8 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      +Gabe Newell There's pockets of radiation over this area. If you absorb too much, youre a dead man.

    • @hydroastral2830
      @hydroastral2830 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      TheNeymarGamer11 wtf is the Corilis effect?I never understood it

    • @hydroastral2830
      @hydroastral2830 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      TheNeymarGamer11 what do you think abou Black Ops3?I thino its decent.They kept most of Black Ops 2,wich is good,heck even the same announcer voice.

  • @sudarshanbishnoi7266
    @sudarshanbishnoi7266 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I'm here in August 2021, it's been 2 years of Corona virus outbreak and yet the whole world is suffering with this. Like the people of Chernobyl were told that it would last for only two weeks we were also told that it wouldn't last for long but it's been two years and it's not over yet. I wish it ends soon and everything gets back to normal...

  • @waazze2533
    @waazze2533 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    watched this video before 2 years and now coming back again after watching chernobyl series

  • @whiskeycorridor90
    @whiskeycorridor90 8 ปีที่แล้ว +348

    "Get out of here STALKER"

    • @DJFreshJuice
      @DJFreshJuice 8 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      +Monnman Fan CHEEKI BREEKI

    • @Swansen03
      @Swansen03 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Monnman Fan xD HAHA YES!

    • @deeznuts-gz5yb
      @deeznuts-gz5yb 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Monnman Fan I LOVE THAT GAME

    • @comradebear_ro2126
      @comradebear_ro2126 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Monnman Fan "come over here then" "what are you after"

    • @AtlasMTBRider
      @AtlasMTBRider 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Monnman Fan yey I remember going near those guys who play a guitar and just listen.

  • @projektghost8821
    @projektghost8821 5 ปีที่แล้ว +424

    "A just world is a sane world. There was nothing sane about Chernobyl. What happened there, what happened after, even the good we did, all of it... madness"
    -Valery Legasov

  • @anesthetized7053
    @anesthetized7053 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    something about videos of people touring pripyat/ chernobyl always relaxes me. i have watched several different youtube channels explore these areas (both legally and illegally) and something about nature reclaiming a city makes for a very peaceful atmosphere.

  • @carsonmillard5812
    @carsonmillard5812 4 ปีที่แล้ว +215

    50,000 people used to live here, now it’s a ghost town

  • @yacineamirat7648
    @yacineamirat7648 5 ปีที่แล้ว +817

    "why worry about something that is not going to happen!..."
    "that's perfect we should put that on our money"

    • @Reblwitoutacause
      @Reblwitoutacause 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      What’s as big as a house, burns 20L of fuel an hour, make a shitload of smoke an noise, and cuts an apple into 3 pieces?

    • @geordanlemon
      @geordanlemon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      A Soviet machine made to cut an Apple into 4 pieces!

    • @greymatter.91
      @greymatter.91 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A Soviet* machine

    • @geordanlemon
      @geordanlemon 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@greymatter.91 Thanks, I forgot that bit

    • @macr9647
      @macr9647 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Don't worry be happy

  • @Theladywiththeblackdress
    @Theladywiththeblackdress 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1853

    You know what's better than radiation?
    Knowledge

    • @sonicbiscuit123
      @sonicbiscuit123 8 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      themightyducks71 Wtf is a "vanoss", pretty sure he was referencing "Here in my garage".

    • @itsDanielOfc
      @itsDanielOfc 8 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      I went to chernobyl in a lamborghini looking for some book shelves

    • @neeko9101
      @neeko9101 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Daniel Santos loooool

    • @ATP980
      @ATP980 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Mighty Duck he wasn't really the iconic person that made that joke. Everyone did it. in fact, vanoss did it much later than everyone else

    • @bomberharris9322
      @bomberharris9322 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Mighty Duck also it's Tai Lopez

  • @ms.pinksocks
    @ms.pinksocks 3 ปีที่แล้ว +213

    Me: checks this guy's acc to see if he's still alive.

    • @fakename287
      @fakename287 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Why would he die from simply being in the Chernobyl area in the 21st century?

    • @siddharth2796
      @siddharth2796 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@fakename287 radiation

    • @themockingjay3173
      @themockingjay3173 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The radiation is like corona lol invisible but deadly ... IDK if this guy fine or got cancer ..

    • @Alex_1729
      @Alex_1729 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      His measurements showed extremely low radiation exposure, so there is no way anything bad happened

    • @solekefs626
      @solekefs626 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Fake Name there’s a reason why the whole place is still a ghost town 🤦‍♂️ it’s still dangerous there. Some traces of radio active partials will not go away for another 200 plus years

  • @Deepsky07
    @Deepsky07 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I would love to see you talk about or go into detail about Chernobyl’s elephant foot that according to others is still consuming the plant today. I’m not sure what corium is or how it can still be eating the plant away now, but it sounds like they still don’t know how to contain it.

  • @randy438
    @randy438 8 ปีที่แล้ว +443

    50,000 people used to live here, now it's a ghost town

    • @amw6394
      @amw6394 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      COD4 refrence

    • @johnd-k3539
      @johnd-k3539 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +Mike Hunt it looks kinda beautiful
      i would like to visit sometime

    • @misaelortega653
      @misaelortega653 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ayyyy

    • @johnd-k3539
      @johnd-k3539 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      no serious
      airy and spooky quiet, calm, nice
      its almost pretty.

    • @johnd-k3539
      @johnd-k3539 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      id love to go

  • @juanramon3223
    @juanramon3223 5 ปีที่แล้ว +883

    Walking around Chernobyl till I grow an extra arm

    • @INSOMNIARUSH
      @INSOMNIARUSH 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You saw that to

    • @overlord-6644
      @overlord-6644 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Why stop at 3 arms?

    • @Dio-Brando3
      @Dio-Brando3 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@overlord-6644 Become a real Goro

    • @louismorgan-ray4400
      @louismorgan-ray4400 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Tell me if you see Gavin there

    • @droftrop4135
      @droftrop4135 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Dio-Brando3 become hulkbuster

  • @welmsds1092
    @welmsds1092 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful video. Oh btw, have you visited Kolya in the forest?

  • @arunjyotimondal5828
    @arunjyotimondal5828 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    When the Geiger counter starts to tic I feel the same vibe as the Dark series when Jonas is in the cave.

  • @Dxhtyy
    @Dxhtyy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +736

    verstasium: touches leaves
    radioactive isotopes: i’m about to end this mans whole career

    • @eldenboi8354
      @eldenboi8354 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      stupid overused joke #4789

    • @smeckjee
      @smeckjee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@eldenboi8354 Just thumbs up seekers

    • @Juanoodi
      @Juanoodi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He scanned the leaves before touching them.

  • @poldepoljancev5419
    @poldepoljancev5419 5 ปีที่แล้ว +498

    People ask if anyone is here after watching "the HBO series...", 90% of the comments are memes and dialogs from the series.

    • @v4enthusiast541
      @v4enthusiast541 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      To be fair, I’m only here after going Chernobyl

    • @fakename287
      @fakename287 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's disgusting, isnt it?

    • @majav15mg
      @majav15mg 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      At least I have my hat on.

    • @Jebu911
      @Jebu911 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thats how you know a show was good

    • @throwaway5945
      @throwaway5945 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      true

  • @zam5864
    @zam5864 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The show was brilliant. Absolutely worthy of that 9.4 IMDB rating

  • @juraganikan9868
    @juraganikan9868 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I've been playing stalker trilogy for so many hours. this feels nostalgic

  • @AbrarHayat
    @AbrarHayat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2340

    Don't forget to take your Iodine pills.

    • @rolandlee6898
      @rolandlee6898 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      The iodine is long gone. Radioactive iodine has a half-life of just 8 days.

    • @SyedSaifAbbasNaqvi
      @SyedSaifAbbasNaqvi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      To trick my body not to choose the radioactive iodine?

    • @Lunomaru
      @Lunomaru 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@rolandlee6898 Then you take it for eight days

    • @vivs005
      @vivs005 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      That will just help block radioactive iodine to seep into your thyroid, not keeping your skin on your bones.

    • @xarachne8473
      @xarachne8473 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Give that man some rad-x

  • @ereboi122
    @ereboi122 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2050

    Am I the only one who thinks this is incredibly interesting and depressing at the same time?

    • @Kryogh
      @Kryogh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      no

    • @The_Superintendent
      @The_Superintendent 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      No

    • @LordSos91
      @LordSos91 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      im more worried about him not wearing any type of mask while scurring through those abandoned buildings, dust can contain diseases

    • @vivifruit
      @vivifruit 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Nathan-cw7cb He said dust can contain diseases

    • @mi-y
      @mi-y 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@LordSos91 yes,my teacher told that there was a radioactive cloud in there and it takes about million years for the cloud to get destroyed..

  • @yashk4051
    @yashk4051 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Appreciate how exact thing has been narrated into mini series by HBO
    and also wanna thankyou for showing us

  • @jongeduard
    @jongeduard 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is one of the first videos of Veritasium, if not the first one, that I watched on YT. Still very impressive and amazing. I also know that things have changed there, that sarcophagus is completely finished, and a lot of radioactive sources have been removed from the area (contaminated soil has been excavated if I'm right), so that it's practically save to stay there for a longer time or even live there again.
    Most impresive is how we can see the force of nature and life here. Nature is soo powerful.
    With all that beautiful trees growing everywhere, and at te same time how buildings and stuff made by humans all perish.
    It's the war in the country that currently brings me back here. It all reminds us again of the destruction that humans sadly do to themselves.
    But above all it's nature on the planet that survives. And also humans, but only if they choose to be more peaceful to each other and the planet.

  • @JamesJohnson-pz8pu
    @JamesJohnson-pz8pu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +950

    I can count the amount of times I’ve been to Chernobyl with my fingers... I’ve been 14 times

    • @_kartikeytripathi_
      @_kartikeytripathi_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      I get that,pretty clever.

    • @lil_weasel219
      @lil_weasel219 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Radiation doesnt make you grow new fingers tho . Unless you were an.embryo and you went there 14 times

    • @scroogemcfuck8110
      @scroogemcfuck8110 5 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      @@lil_weasel219 r/woooosh

    • @lil_weasel219
      @lil_weasel219 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@scroogemcfuck8110 oh you are one of those insanely creative peeps who use r/whoosh. Nice

    • @scroogemcfuck8110
      @scroogemcfuck8110 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@lil_weasel219 creative? What are you talking about? I don't care about "being creative", it's just a convenient way of saying you missed the joke, of you kept saying "hey, you missed the joke" every time they see someone missing the joke it'd feel way spammier then r/woooosh and it's not as convenient to type.

  • @igtjs._photography9298
    @igtjs._photography9298 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1148

    Me: Enters Chernobyl for a video
    Harmful cancer causing radiation: *Am I a joke to you?*

    • @Lukas-qn3iv
      @Lukas-qn3iv 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Dead meme

    • @prod.natejalo1122
      @prod.natejalo1122 5 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      lukas awc he tried to make some people laugh. Who cares if it’s dead

    • @igtjs._photography9298
      @igtjs._photography9298 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Lukas-qn3iv what meme isn't dead?

    • @Mustang_Sally_
      @Mustang_Sally_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Jesus guys he said “dead meme” not “I hope your mom dies” calm down

    • @hlj3x379
      @hlj3x379 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      igUnprofessional_ Photographer_ do you mean harmful radiation causing cancer?

  • @JOELMILLER4T71
    @JOELMILLER4T71 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    6:36 strong and big words rip to all the heroes who risked there lives to save ours

  • @v0w1x2
    @v0w1x2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It would have been interesting to read the dose rate in the locations where you used the survey meter.

  • @shieh.4743
    @shieh.4743 6 ปีที่แล้ว +462

    This is the eeriest place and yet somehow beautiful.

  • @haandawg
    @haandawg 9 ปีที่แล้ว +378

    Ah, the memories from Call of duty Modern Warfare...

    • @loupiotable
      @loupiotable 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hanibalistic27 yep :D

    • @Behemothius
      @Behemothius 9 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Hanibalistic27 for me it's more about STALKER: Call of Pripyat.

    • @BenExell
      @BenExell 9 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      ***** Cod4 is 8 years old now, all the kids that played it back then have grown up..

    • @VintageLJ
      @VintageLJ 9 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      ***** Sigh... Elitists...

    • @codzomz
      @codzomz 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      "Thousands of people lived here... Now it's a ghost town"

  • @unipuna444
    @unipuna444 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing video, thank you. The kindergarten scene really got me.

  • @rizzleriz4457
    @rizzleriz4457 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Watching this now due to the war...awareness. Thank you. One thing I know, mother earth 🌎 always claim back what's hers. One day, those trees will be good again 🌳

  • @Thoughtful.
    @Thoughtful. 7 ปีที่แล้ว +293

    Why I get a weird urge of something about to run past the windows or doors. Lol

    • @stormclash7193
      @stormclash7193 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Not that I saw the movie but is it from Chernobyl diaries

    • @garrettturner7383
      @garrettturner7383 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I have never heard of that, but i had the same feeling, because of the music, and my luck

    • @zergscaper4714
      @zergscaper4714 7 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      CHEEKI BREEKI!

    • @macewindu2454
      @macewindu2454 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ethan Harris jumpscare: *occurs*

    • @danykyllerpt2603
      @danykyllerpt2603 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ethan Harris... Pretty sure it's because you played or seen STALKER no?

  • @be8w
    @be8w 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1893

    I was just about to say the amount of Chernobyl videos after the series are to damn high, but this guy made it in 2015. Respect. A true Chernobyl fan. I visited in 2016

    • @mockiemockiz
      @mockiemockiz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      is it safe to go there? no radiation left? but this video showing there are still radiation but why he didn't need any special anti radiation clothe?

    • @MMmm-bg9li
      @MMmm-bg9li 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      MR it depends on where you go

    • @boatboat1203
      @boatboat1203 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@mockiemockiz there is radiation but very small amounts, and on the outside of the body is fairly harmless

    • @Alex-sv7vt
      @Alex-sv7vt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      Are you gatekeeping being into a nuclear disaster?

    • @boatboat1203
      @boatboat1203 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      The series spread awareness of the disaster, this guys acting like he were the first subscribed to a youtuber or something. Its good that more people are becoming interested in it

  • @James-cz9lh
    @James-cz9lh 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    your description is very good

  • @sumedhadhav6426
    @sumedhadhav6426 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The sound of dosimeter itself is so scary.

  • @hkbhjbknlmlknj
    @hkbhjbknlmlknj 7 ปีที่แล้ว +237

    Who remembers the glitch on MW2 spec ops to get to this place omg you could explore evrywhere

    • @stevesmith-mt9wt
      @stevesmith-mt9wt 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      do explain please

    • @Devster41
      @Devster41 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      steve smith the spec ops mission

    • @stevesmith-mt9wt
      @stevesmith-mt9wt 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Devin Vering
      the glitch! I've never heard of it

    • @jackclarke3241
      @jackclarke3241 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      steve smith on the mw2 spec ops mission "hidden" there was a glitch you could get out of the map. Look it up

    • @henrykwieniawski7233
      @henrykwieniawski7233 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Chuck Norris I know! You could see literally everything you saw in COD4! Even the vehicles from the mission were still there!

  • @tildamay
    @tildamay 6 ปีที่แล้ว +633

    I really like how calm and respectful you are visiting this beautiful, tragic place

    • @StopMediaFakery
      @StopMediaFakery 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      tilda may Don't worry, this event was just a Masonic hoax, nothing but fear porn for the masses.

    • @StopMediaFakery
      @StopMediaFakery 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Gaul What a weak, pointless and idiotic comment to make. Your ignorance is apparent, you really showed yourself up. You shillers throw the 'mentally ill' line because you have no answers to my truth. You're just running a typical shillers channel with the usual pointless music playlist. What an ill-educated fool you are.

    • @AngloImperial
      @AngloImperial 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Stop Media Fakery Whelp... Definitely ill. What is a shill anyways? It's ok yo be crazy btw... You're useful.

    • @StopMediaFakery
      @StopMediaFakery 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gaul No, it's obviously you who is very sick inside, you're just a soulless loser who spends his life lying. You would never face me, you're far too weak, just another pusssy running scared. Send me your Skype name for a start, then we can arrange to meet depending on where you live. Then we will see how brave you are. No excuses now.

    • @AngloImperial
      @AngloImperial 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Stop Media Fakery Everyone lies, even you.

  • @marko4935
    @marko4935 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    0:25 dude that sound so many memories

  • @techsyndrome3291
    @techsyndrome3291 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I just finished chernobyl and i feel so horrified and emotional at the same time

  • @jesusbannanahammock5767
    @jesusbannanahammock5767 7 ปีที่แล้ว +627

    looks better than Detroit

    • @smynamejon
      @smynamejon 6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Was drinking water when i came up to your comment. Needless to say the water is all over my phone

    • @metalkkonaw9372
      @metalkkonaw9372 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sergio Vega Jr If it's all over your phone, how are you writing this??

    • @catblack4604
      @catblack4604 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Partho Sarothi Paul this world would be better without racist people like you

    • @catblack4604
      @catblack4604 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Autism Spirit well...

    • @betrayy5151
      @betrayy5151 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      LPLPLPL BCBDHDHCH

  • @SimoBudd
    @SimoBudd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +629

    Are you telling me there is no core? Get him out hes in shock

    • @heyguesswhat2414
      @heyguesswhat2414 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Simon Cinatc we found fragments of granite

    • @cookiemonster9625
      @cookiemonster9625 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hey, guess what?
      You DID NOT find GRAPHITE because IT ISN’T THERE

    • @alx6987
      @alx6987 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He’s delusional, get him to the infirmary

    • @TheZazeZiizozu
      @TheZazeZiizozu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He'll be fine. I've seen worse.

    • @muhammadharis5225
      @muhammadharis5225 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Foe HIS FACE?

  • @mbpanzo
    @mbpanzo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm surprised I know the location so well despite not going there. Feels good to be a MW fan.

  • @lepoptm1187
    @lepoptm1187 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2082

    *50.000 ghosts used to live there. Now it's a people town.*

    • @pdr_2703
      @pdr_2703 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      LoL

    • @irollastoney.899
      @irollastoney.899 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      You crack me up lil' buddy

    • @ArinJager1
      @ArinJager1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hello little potato man, you're the one that always causes trouble ♪

    • @wssaltyr5369
      @wssaltyr5369 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂😂made my day

    • @justjacob9606
      @justjacob9606 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      nice