17 Chernobyl Instagram Photos That Will Make You Say, "That's Actually Really Interesting"

And NO, these aren't "influencers."

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1. This one of some graffiti depicting a person playing Pokémon Go in the Exclusion Zone:

2. This portrait in front of an old school sign:

3. This book found inside a schoolhouse that features revolutionist Vladimir Lenin on the cover:

4. This solo pic in front of an old Ferris wheel in Pripyat's abandoned amusement park:

5. And this one in front of a rusted swing ride in the same park:

6. This eerie shadow painting on the side of a building:

7. This photo in front of Pripyat's city limits that gives its foundation year, 1970.

8. This image of tourists looking into an abandoned pool in the Exclusion Zone:

9. This one showing a dosimeter reading in the Exclusion Zone:

10. And this one showing an old phone box hidden away in the undergrowth in Pripyat.

11. This eerily beautiful photo of a stained glass window:

12. This snapshot of an abandoned classroom that's slowly falling apart piece by piece:

13. This one of a room that has gas masks covering the entire floor:

14. This haunting image of a former bakery in Pripyat:

15. This somber photo of an old hospital in Pripyat that once housed victims of the disaster:

16. And this before and after look at the same area:

17. And finally, this view of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant sarcophagus in the distance:

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