Captured on Camera: Drone Footage From Chernobyl

A drone armed with recording equipment has been released over the irradiated skies above Chernobyl’s stricken nuclear power plant.

‘Postcards from Pripyat’, a UK production, captures chilling contrasts of a city in ruin. Forests grow unchecked amongst the decaying swings and dilapidated buildings. 

Andrey Glukhov, a former employee of Chernobyl’s Nuclear Safety Division, describes what he saw when he drove past the damaged reactor on the night of the event: 

"This was a terrifying picture. It looked like a sunset in the distance, about 100, 200 yards from you. And this was the glowing core of the reactor"

The stunning footage below is provided courtesy of Danny Cooke