"Formerly super-secret soviet structure, Duga radar in winter, Chernobyl-2, Ukraine" by Sergiy Kadulin, ,
Now open to public, located in still radioactive Chernobyl zone, "Duga-2" radar used to be super-secret soviet era military structure designed to capture ballistic missiles launches at far distances. Despite of its huge size of over 750 meters length, it was hidden in the forest so well that even from 300 meters away you can't see it. During soviet time this place on the maps was marked as 'pioneers' camp' and even bus stop existed with this name on it, however the whole area was strictly guarded.
As a photographer, it was a challenge to photograph it: even with 17-mm tilt-shift lens I had very little space to put the tripod to capture full size of the radar. I decided to make b/w, strong contrast image to create dramatic look and feel of the place, which is still dangerous to humans due to radiation.
Formerly super-secret soviet structure, Duga radar in winter, Chernobyl-2, Ukraine
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