{"id":751,"date":"2006-04-27T03:49:18","date_gmt":"2006-04-27T07:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/example.org\/more_on_chernob"},"modified":"2006-04-27T03:49:18","modified_gmt":"2006-04-27T07:49:18","slug":"more_on_chernob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=751","title":{"rendered":"More on Chernobyl from Elena Filatova – Kid of Speed"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Elenafilatova\"
\n Elena Filatova, also known as Kid of Speed<\/a>, wants to make sure that Chernobyl is not forgotten. <\/p>\n

In an interview with Dagens Nyheter, Sweden’s biggest morning paper she was asked, "Why do you devote so much of your life to this catastrophe?"<\/p>\n

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"Some day those towns and villages will be demolished and I don’t want their memory to disappear. I want to leave a record in images, videos and short stories of how I saw Chernobyl. I am sure, in the future people will appreciate my efforts." <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Towns and villages in the radioactive area are already being demolished and photos like Elena’s may soon be the only witness to what existed in 1986. Her Chernobyl Journal<\/a> has a running account of her efforts to keep the memory of Chernobyl alive. <\/p>\n

Elena captured the imaginations of millions of people with her startling photos of the region around Chernobyl in 2004. She later came under attack for claiming that she had ridden a motorcycle through the so-called Dead Zone.<\/p>\n

You can judge for yourselves by watching this video<\/a>  of the Chernobyl region in the vicinity of Polesskoye taken by a pillion passenger on her motorbike. It will give you a flavor of the experience waiting for you on her new website.<\/p>\n

She has updated her websites with new high resolution photos and many streaming videos<\/a>. They are every bit as dramatic as the original Ghost Town photos which I featured in earlier<\/a> posts.  The site bears this notice:<\/p>\n

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All Chernobyl relative texts, photos and videos may be freely downloaded, copied, translated and distributed for any appropriate use. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

For a comprehensive look at what Elena has assembled, go to her quick navigation page<\/a>. There is enough material there for hours of fascinated browsing. I plan on ordering her CD and DVD as soon as my PayPal account fills up again.<\/p>\n

Many thanks to greyfox<\/a> for the original link. <\/p>\n

Tag: Chernobyl<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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