Giant Red Forest

The Red Forest is the ten-square-kilometre area surrounding the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant within the Exclusion Zone, located in Polesia. The name "Red Forest" comes from the ginger-brown colour of the pine trees after they died following the absorption of high levels of ionizing radiation as a consequence of the Chernobyl nuclear disaste…
The Red Forest is the ten-square-kilometre area surrounding the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant within the Exclusion Zone, located in Polesia. The name "Red Forest" comes from the ginger-brown colour of the pine trees after they died following the absorption of high levels of ionizing radiation as a consequence of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster on 26 April 1986. The site remains one of the most contaminated areas in the world today.
  • Location: Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine
  • Status: State controlled, restricted access
  • Visitation: With permission only
  • Governing body: State Agency of Ukraine on the Exclusion Zone Management
  • Disturbance: Large amounts of radioactive contamination

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