26 years after, changes in Chernobyl power plant, Ukraine

Landsat TM acquired on 06 June 1985 at 08:18:40 UTC
Landsat TM acquired on 08 May 1986 at 08:13:25 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 24 June 2022 at 09:05:59 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Anthropic disaster, pollution, energy, nuclear power, security, health, vegetation, Ukraine, Belarus
Fig. 1 - S2 (01.06.2022) - Chernobyl is located in northern Ukraine, near the border with Belarus.
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Fig. 2 - L5 (06.06.1985) / S2 (26.06.2022) - Since the nuclear disaster, vegetation is gaining ground, in particular in Pripyat.
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Pripyat counted 49 000 inhabitants before the city was evacuated 16 years after its foundation. Nature develops again in this area emptied of human presence
Fig. 3 - L5 (06.06.1985 / 08.05.1986) / S2 (26.06.2022) - The evolution of the nuclear power plant since the disaster is also visible.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025, processed by VisioTerra.
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