Various military units were called in to kill pets and other wildlife. This was done to prevent additional radioactive contamination as animals fur tended to carry radiation.

As time went on, most vehicles were buried

These men are measuring radioactivity in the ‘red forest’, which turned red after the first and most deadly cloud of particles passed through it after the explosion.

The operators and firemen died in hospital throughout May and the following months. I’ve deliberately not included any other images of them, as a lot of them are quite disturbing.

After the wind changed and the radioactive cloud began to head south towards Kiev, an effort was made to create rain by aircraft flying through clouds and releasing special chemicals into them.

Note the radioactive cloud in the photo, etching itself into the film