elenafilatova.com - 600 years. A girl biker takes a ride through the area surrounding Chernobyl, and records it in a very basic, but incredibly powerful photo log. This is 20 years on from the disaster.
There's been quite a bit of backchat about this being an old site and about it being fake. The general criticism aimed at it is that the fact that she rode a bike alone through the wastelands is a lie, but the pictures and the trip are real - she just went in a car with some other people. If she did embellish the story by making it seem like a poetic, nomadic journey, then good for her to be honest; it just emphasises the subject that's at the core of her journal.
In any case, true or not, this is still one of the most poignant things I have seen on the web: atmospheric, awe-inspiring, frightening and thought-provoking.
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