In 1986 Chernobyl was evacuated and today wolves have returned to dominate the radiation exclusion zone in an unexpected wildlife recovery |
The first impression of the Chernobyl landscape is not drama but quiet that feels slightly unfinished, as if something stopped mid-sentence and never returned to complete it. Roads that once carried routine traffic now fade into grass and young trees, and the outlines of buildings in Pripyat sit with a kind of reluctant stillness. In…