Famous Photo of Chernobyl's Dangerous Radioactive Material Was a Selfie (2016)

Other: Chernobyl disaster(atlasobscura.com)view on HackerNews
Chernobylnuclear disasterradioactive materialElephant's FootArtur Korneyev

Author: downbad_

Date: 6/1/2026

Article Summary:
A photo taken by Artur Korneyev, a nuclear inspector, shows him standing next to the "Elephant's Foot," a massive agglomeration of radioactive material created during the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.