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  • Urban Explorer Finds The Sad Remains Of The Soviet Space Shuttle Program<br />
<br />
Ralph Mirebs, an urban explorer and photographer in Russia, has revealed extraordinary photos of Soviet space shuttle prototypes gathering dust in an abandoned hangar in Kazakhstan.<br />
<br />
The abandoned hangar is located at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, which is still in operation today (with the close of NASA’s shuttle program, Russian Soyuz shuttles are the only way for astronauts to reach the International Space Station). The Buran prototype shuttles found by Mirebs, however, are from an earlier era – they are the last remnants of a space program that began in 1974 and was finally shuttered in 1993. The only operational Buran shuttle, Orbiter 1K1, completed one unmanned orbital flight before it was grounded. Unfortunately, this shuttle was destroyed in a hangar collapse in 2002.<br />
<br />
many areas of the huge Baikonur Cosmodrome are still in business today, and that it is from here that the Soyuz rockets are launched, supplying the International Space Station in supplies and crew members<br />
Mirebs’ photos show this forgotten space program derelict and frozen in time.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Amaziing_Images_Sad_Remains_Of...jpg
  • Urban Explorer Finds The Sad Remains Of The Soviet Space Shuttle Program<br />
<br />
Ralph Mirebs, an urban explorer and photographer in Russia, has revealed extraordinary photos of Soviet space shuttle prototypes gathering dust in an abandoned hangar in Kazakhstan.<br />
<br />
The abandoned hangar is located at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, which is still in operation today (with the close of NASA’s shuttle program, Russian Soyuz shuttles are the only way for astronauts to reach the International Space Station). The Buran prototype shuttles found by Mirebs, however, are from an earlier era – they are the last remnants of a space program that began in 1974 and was finally shuttered in 1993. The only operational Buran shuttle, Orbiter 1K1, completed one unmanned orbital flight before it was grounded. Unfortunately, this shuttle was destroyed in a hangar collapse in 2002.<br />
<br />
many areas of the huge Baikonur Cosmodrome are still in business today, and that it is from here that the Soyuz rockets are launched, supplying the International Space Station in supplies and crew members<br />
Mirebs’ photos show this forgotten space program derelict and frozen in time.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Amaziing_Images_Sad_Remains_Of...jpg
  • Urban Explorer Finds The Sad Remains Of The Soviet Space Shuttle Program<br />
<br />
Ralph Mirebs, an urban explorer and photographer in Russia, has revealed extraordinary photos of Soviet space shuttle prototypes gathering dust in an abandoned hangar in Kazakhstan.<br />
<br />
The abandoned hangar is located at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, which is still in operation today (with the close of NASA’s shuttle program, Russian Soyuz shuttles are the only way for astronauts to reach the International Space Station). The Buran prototype shuttles found by Mirebs, however, are from an earlier era – they are the last remnants of a space program that began in 1974 and was finally shuttered in 1993. The only operational Buran shuttle, Orbiter 1K1, completed one unmanned orbital flight before it was grounded. Unfortunately, this shuttle was destroyed in a hangar collapse in 2002.<br />
<br />
many areas of the huge Baikonur Cosmodrome are still in business today, and that it is from here that the Soyuz rockets are launched, supplying the International Space Station in supplies and crew members<br />
Mirebs’ photos show this forgotten space program derelict and frozen in time.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Amaziing_Images_Sad_Remains_Of...jpg
  • Urban Explorer Finds The Sad Remains Of The Soviet Space Shuttle Program<br />
<br />
Ralph Mirebs, an urban explorer and photographer in Russia, has revealed extraordinary photos of Soviet space shuttle prototypes gathering dust in an abandoned hangar in Kazakhstan.<br />
<br />
The abandoned hangar is located at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, which is still in operation today (with the close of NASA’s shuttle program, Russian Soyuz shuttles are the only way for astronauts to reach the International Space Station). The Buran prototype shuttles found by Mirebs, however, are from an earlier era – they are the last remnants of a space program that began in 1974 and was finally shuttered in 1993. The only operational Buran shuttle, Orbiter 1K1, completed one unmanned orbital flight before it was grounded. Unfortunately, this shuttle was destroyed in a hangar collapse in 2002.<br />
<br />
many areas of the huge Baikonur Cosmodrome are still in business today, and that it is from here that the Soyuz rockets are launched, supplying the International Space Station in supplies and crew members<br />
Mirebs’ photos show this forgotten space program derelict and frozen in time.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Amaziing_Images_Sad_Remains_Of...jpg
  • Urban Explorer Finds The Sad Remains Of The Soviet Space Shuttle Program<br />
<br />
Ralph Mirebs, an urban explorer and photographer in Russia, has revealed extraordinary photos of Soviet space shuttle prototypes gathering dust in an abandoned hangar in Kazakhstan.<br />
<br />
The abandoned hangar is located at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, which is still in operation today (with the close of NASA’s shuttle program, Russian Soyuz shuttles are the only way for astronauts to reach the International Space Station). The Buran prototype shuttles found by Mirebs, however, are from an earlier era – they are the last remnants of a space program that began in 1974 and was finally shuttered in 1993. The only operational Buran shuttle, Orbiter 1K1, completed one unmanned orbital flight before it was grounded. Unfortunately, this shuttle was destroyed in a hangar collapse in 2002.<br />
<br />
many areas of the huge Baikonur Cosmodrome are still in business today, and that it is from here that the Soyuz rockets are launched, supplying the International Space Station in supplies and crew members<br />
Mirebs’ photos show this forgotten space program derelict and frozen in time.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Amaziing_Images_Sad_Remains_Of...jpg
  • Urban Explorer Finds The Sad Remains Of The Soviet Space Shuttle Program<br />
<br />
Ralph Mirebs, an urban explorer and photographer in Russia, has revealed extraordinary photos of Soviet space shuttle prototypes gathering dust in an abandoned hangar in Kazakhstan.<br />
<br />
The abandoned hangar is located at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, which is still in operation today (with the close of NASA’s shuttle program, Russian Soyuz shuttles are the only way for astronauts to reach the International Space Station). The Buran prototype shuttles found by Mirebs, however, are from an earlier era – they are the last remnants of a space program that began in 1974 and was finally shuttered in 1993. The only operational Buran shuttle, Orbiter 1K1, completed one unmanned orbital flight before it was grounded. Unfortunately, this shuttle was destroyed in a hangar collapse in 2002.<br />
<br />
many areas of the huge Baikonur Cosmodrome are still in business today, and that it is from here that the Soyuz rockets are launched, supplying the International Space Station in supplies and crew members<br />
Mirebs’ photos show this forgotten space program derelict and frozen in time.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Amaziing_Images_Sad_Remains_Of...jpg
  • Urban Explorer Finds The Sad Remains Of The Soviet Space Shuttle Program<br />
<br />
Ralph Mirebs, an urban explorer and photographer in Russia, has revealed extraordinary photos of Soviet space shuttle prototypes gathering dust in an abandoned hangar in Kazakhstan.<br />
<br />
The abandoned hangar is located at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, which is still in operation today (with the close of NASA’s shuttle program, Russian Soyuz shuttles are the only way for astronauts to reach the International Space Station). The Buran prototype shuttles found by Mirebs, however, are from an earlier era – they are the last remnants of a space program that began in 1974 and was finally shuttered in 1993. The only operational Buran shuttle, Orbiter 1K1, completed one unmanned orbital flight before it was grounded. Unfortunately, this shuttle was destroyed in a hangar collapse in 2002.<br />
<br />
many areas of the huge Baikonur Cosmodrome are still in business today, and that it is from here that the Soyuz rockets are launched, supplying the International Space Station in supplies and crew members<br />
Mirebs’ photos show this forgotten space program derelict and frozen in time.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Amaziing_Images_Sad_Remains_Of...jpg
  • Urban Explorer Finds The Sad Remains Of The Soviet Space Shuttle Program<br />
<br />
Ralph Mirebs, an urban explorer and photographer in Russia, has revealed extraordinary photos of Soviet space shuttle prototypes gathering dust in an abandoned hangar in Kazakhstan.<br />
<br />
The abandoned hangar is located at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, which is still in operation today (with the close of NASA’s shuttle program, Russian Soyuz shuttles are the only way for astronauts to reach the International Space Station). The Buran prototype shuttles found by Mirebs, however, are from an earlier era – they are the last remnants of a space program that began in 1974 and was finally shuttered in 1993. The only operational Buran shuttle, Orbiter 1K1, completed one unmanned orbital flight before it was grounded. Unfortunately, this shuttle was destroyed in a hangar collapse in 2002.<br />
<br />
many areas of the huge Baikonur Cosmodrome are still in business today, and that it is from here that the Soyuz rockets are launched, supplying the International Space Station in supplies and crew members<br />
Mirebs’ photos show this forgotten space program derelict and frozen in time.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Amaziing_Images_Sad_Remains_Of...jpg
  • Urban Explorer Finds The Sad Remains Of The Soviet Space Shuttle Program<br />
<br />
Ralph Mirebs, an urban explorer and photographer in Russia, has revealed extraordinary photos of Soviet space shuttle prototypes gathering dust in an abandoned hangar in Kazakhstan.<br />
<br />
The abandoned hangar is located at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, which is still in operation today (with the close of NASA’s shuttle program, Russian Soyuz shuttles are the only way for astronauts to reach the International Space Station). The Buran prototype shuttles found by Mirebs, however, are from an earlier era – they are the last remnants of a space program that began in 1974 and was finally shuttered in 1993. The only operational Buran shuttle, Orbiter 1K1, completed one unmanned orbital flight before it was grounded. Unfortunately, this shuttle was destroyed in a hangar collapse in 2002.<br />
<br />
many areas of the huge Baikonur Cosmodrome are still in business today, and that it is from here that the Soyuz rockets are launched, supplying the International Space Station in supplies and crew members<br />
Mirebs’ photos show this forgotten space program derelict and frozen in time.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Amaziing_Images_Sad_Remains_Of...jpg
  • Urban Explorer Finds The Sad Remains Of The Soviet Space Shuttle Program<br />
<br />
Ralph Mirebs, an urban explorer and photographer in Russia, has revealed extraordinary photos of Soviet space shuttle prototypes gathering dust in an abandoned hangar in Kazakhstan.<br />
<br />
The abandoned hangar is located at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, which is still in operation today (with the close of NASA’s shuttle program, Russian Soyuz shuttles are the only way for astronauts to reach the International Space Station). The Buran prototype shuttles found by Mirebs, however, are from an earlier era – they are the last remnants of a space program that began in 1974 and was finally shuttered in 1993. The only operational Buran shuttle, Orbiter 1K1, completed one unmanned orbital flight before it was grounded. Unfortunately, this shuttle was destroyed in a hangar collapse in 2002.<br />
<br />
many areas of the huge Baikonur Cosmodrome are still in business today, and that it is from here that the Soyuz rockets are launched, supplying the International Space Station in supplies and crew members<br />
Mirebs’ photos show this forgotten space program derelict and frozen in time.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Amaziing_Images_Sad_Remains_Of...jpg
  • Urban Explorer Finds The Sad Remains Of The Soviet Space Shuttle Program<br />
<br />
Ralph Mirebs, an urban explorer and photographer in Russia, has revealed extraordinary photos of Soviet space shuttle prototypes gathering dust in an abandoned hangar in Kazakhstan.<br />
<br />
The abandoned hangar is located at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, which is still in operation today (with the close of NASA’s shuttle program, Russian Soyuz shuttles are the only way for astronauts to reach the International Space Station). The Buran prototype shuttles found by Mirebs, however, are from an earlier era – they are the last remnants of a space program that began in 1974 and was finally shuttered in 1993. The only operational Buran shuttle, Orbiter 1K1, completed one unmanned orbital flight before it was grounded. Unfortunately, this shuttle was destroyed in a hangar collapse in 2002.<br />
<br />
many areas of the huge Baikonur Cosmodrome are still in business today, and that it is from here that the Soyuz rockets are launched, supplying the International Space Station in supplies and crew members<br />
Mirebs’ photos show this forgotten space program derelict and frozen in time.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Amaziing_Images_Sad_Remains_Of...jpg
  • Urban Explorer Finds The Sad Remains Of The Soviet Space Shuttle Program<br />
<br />
Ralph Mirebs, an urban explorer and photographer in Russia, has revealed extraordinary photos of Soviet space shuttle prototypes gathering dust in an abandoned hangar in Kazakhstan.<br />
<br />
The abandoned hangar is located at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, which is still in operation today (with the close of NASA’s shuttle program, Russian Soyuz shuttles are the only way for astronauts to reach the International Space Station). The Buran prototype shuttles found by Mirebs, however, are from an earlier era – they are the last remnants of a space program that began in 1974 and was finally shuttered in 1993. The only operational Buran shuttle, Orbiter 1K1, completed one unmanned orbital flight before it was grounded. Unfortunately, this shuttle was destroyed in a hangar collapse in 2002.<br />
<br />
many areas of the huge Baikonur Cosmodrome are still in business today, and that it is from here that the Soyuz rockets are launched, supplying the International Space Station in supplies and crew members<br />
Mirebs’ photos show this forgotten space program derelict and frozen in time.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Amaziing_Images_Sad_Remains_Of...jpg
  • Urban Explorer Finds The Sad Remains Of The Soviet Space Shuttle Program<br />
<br />
Ralph Mirebs, an urban explorer and photographer in Russia, has revealed extraordinary photos of Soviet space shuttle prototypes gathering dust in an abandoned hangar in Kazakhstan.<br />
<br />
The abandoned hangar is located at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, which is still in operation today (with the close of NASA’s shuttle program, Russian Soyuz shuttles are the only way for astronauts to reach the International Space Station). The Buran prototype shuttles found by Mirebs, however, are from an earlier era – they are the last remnants of a space program that began in 1974 and was finally shuttered in 1993. The only operational Buran shuttle, Orbiter 1K1, completed one unmanned orbital flight before it was grounded. Unfortunately, this shuttle was destroyed in a hangar collapse in 2002.<br />
<br />
many areas of the huge Baikonur Cosmodrome are still in business today, and that it is from here that the Soyuz rockets are launched, supplying the International Space Station in supplies and crew members<br />
Mirebs’ photos show this forgotten space program derelict and frozen in time.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Amaziing_Images_Sad_Remains_Of...jpg
  • Urban Explorer Finds The Sad Remains Of The Soviet Space Shuttle Program<br />
<br />
Ralph Mirebs, an urban explorer and photographer in Russia, has revealed extraordinary photos of Soviet space shuttle prototypes gathering dust in an abandoned hangar in Kazakhstan.<br />
<br />
The abandoned hangar is located at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, which is still in operation today (with the close of NASA’s shuttle program, Russian Soyuz shuttles are the only way for astronauts to reach the International Space Station). The Buran prototype shuttles found by Mirebs, however, are from an earlier era – they are the last remnants of a space program that began in 1974 and was finally shuttered in 1993. The only operational Buran shuttle, Orbiter 1K1, completed one unmanned orbital flight before it was grounded. Unfortunately, this shuttle was destroyed in a hangar collapse in 2002.<br />
<br />
many areas of the huge Baikonur Cosmodrome are still in business today, and that it is from here that the Soyuz rockets are launched, supplying the International Space Station in supplies and crew members<br />
Mirebs’ photos show this forgotten space program derelict and frozen in time.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Amaziing_Images_Sad_Remains_Of...jpg
  • Urban Explorer Finds The Sad Remains Of The Soviet Space Shuttle Program<br />
<br />
Ralph Mirebs, an urban explorer and photographer in Russia, has revealed extraordinary photos of Soviet space shuttle prototypes gathering dust in an abandoned hangar in Kazakhstan.<br />
<br />
The abandoned hangar is located at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, which is still in operation today (with the close of NASA’s shuttle program, Russian Soyuz shuttles are the only way for astronauts to reach the International Space Station). The Buran prototype shuttles found by Mirebs, however, are from an earlier era – they are the last remnants of a space program that began in 1974 and was finally shuttered in 1993. The only operational Buran shuttle, Orbiter 1K1, completed one unmanned orbital flight before it was grounded. Unfortunately, this shuttle was destroyed in a hangar collapse in 2002.<br />
<br />
many areas of the huge Baikonur Cosmodrome are still in business today, and that it is from here that the Soyuz rockets are launched, supplying the International Space Station in supplies and crew members<br />
Mirebs’ photos show this forgotten space program derelict and frozen in time.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Amaziing_Images_Sad_Remains_Of...jpg
  • Urban Explorer Finds The Sad Remains Of The Soviet Space Shuttle Program<br />
<br />
Ralph Mirebs, an urban explorer and photographer in Russia, has revealed extraordinary photos of Soviet space shuttle prototypes gathering dust in an abandoned hangar in Kazakhstan.<br />
<br />
The abandoned hangar is located at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, which is still in operation today (with the close of NASA’s shuttle program, Russian Soyuz shuttles are the only way for astronauts to reach the International Space Station). The Buran prototype shuttles found by Mirebs, however, are from an earlier era – they are the last remnants of a space program that began in 1974 and was finally shuttered in 1993. The only operational Buran shuttle, Orbiter 1K1, completed one unmanned orbital flight before it was grounded. Unfortunately, this shuttle was destroyed in a hangar collapse in 2002.<br />
<br />
many areas of the huge Baikonur Cosmodrome are still in business today, and that it is from here that the Soyuz rockets are launched, supplying the International Space Station in supplies and crew members<br />
Mirebs’ photos show this forgotten space program derelict and frozen in time.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Amaziing_Images_Sad_Remains_Of...jpg
  • Urban Explorer Finds The Sad Remains Of The Soviet Space Shuttle Program<br />
<br />
Ralph Mirebs, an urban explorer and photographer in Russia, has revealed extraordinary photos of Soviet space shuttle prototypes gathering dust in an abandoned hangar in Kazakhstan.<br />
<br />
The abandoned hangar is located at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, which is still in operation today (with the close of NASA’s shuttle program, Russian Soyuz shuttles are the only way for astronauts to reach the International Space Station). The Buran prototype shuttles found by Mirebs, however, are from an earlier era – they are the last remnants of a space program that began in 1974 and was finally shuttered in 1993. The only operational Buran shuttle, Orbiter 1K1, completed one unmanned orbital flight before it was grounded. Unfortunately, this shuttle was destroyed in a hangar collapse in 2002.<br />
<br />
many areas of the huge Baikonur Cosmodrome are still in business today, and that it is from here that the Soyuz rockets are launched, supplying the International Space Station in supplies and crew members<br />
Mirebs’ photos show this forgotten space program derelict and frozen in time.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Amaziing_Images_Sad_Remains_Of...jpg
  • Urban Explorer Finds The Sad Remains Of The Soviet Space Shuttle Program<br />
<br />
Ralph Mirebs, an urban explorer and photographer in Russia, has revealed extraordinary photos of Soviet space shuttle prototypes gathering dust in an abandoned hangar in Kazakhstan.<br />
<br />
The abandoned hangar is located at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, which is still in operation today (with the close of NASA’s shuttle program, Russian Soyuz shuttles are the only way for astronauts to reach the International Space Station). The Buran prototype shuttles found by Mirebs, however, are from an earlier era – they are the last remnants of a space program that began in 1974 and was finally shuttered in 1993. The only operational Buran shuttle, Orbiter 1K1, completed one unmanned orbital flight before it was grounded. Unfortunately, this shuttle was destroyed in a hangar collapse in 2002.<br />
<br />
many areas of the huge Baikonur Cosmodrome are still in business today, and that it is from here that the Soyuz rockets are launched, supplying the International Space Station in supplies and crew members<br />
Mirebs’ photos show this forgotten space program derelict and frozen in time.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Amaziing_Images_Sad_Remains_Of...jpg
  • Urban Explorer Finds The Sad Remains Of The Soviet Space Shuttle Program<br />
<br />
Ralph Mirebs, an urban explorer and photographer in Russia, has revealed extraordinary photos of Soviet space shuttle prototypes gathering dust in an abandoned hangar in Kazakhstan.<br />
<br />
The abandoned hangar is located at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, which is still in operation today (with the close of NASA’s shuttle program, Russian Soyuz shuttles are the only way for astronauts to reach the International Space Station). The Buran prototype shuttles found by Mirebs, however, are from an earlier era – they are the last remnants of a space program that began in 1974 and was finally shuttered in 1993. The only operational Buran shuttle, Orbiter 1K1, completed one unmanned orbital flight before it was grounded. Unfortunately, this shuttle was destroyed in a hangar collapse in 2002.<br />
<br />
many areas of the huge Baikonur Cosmodrome are still in business today, and that it is from here that the Soyuz rockets are launched, supplying the International Space Station in supplies and crew members<br />
Mirebs’ photos show this forgotten space program derelict and frozen in time.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Amaziing_Images_Sad_Remains_Of...jpg
  • Urban Explorer Finds The Sad Remains Of The Soviet Space Shuttle Program<br />
<br />
Ralph Mirebs, an urban explorer and photographer in Russia, has revealed extraordinary photos of Soviet space shuttle prototypes gathering dust in an abandoned hangar in Kazakhstan.<br />
<br />
The abandoned hangar is located at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, which is still in operation today (with the close of NASA’s shuttle program, Russian Soyuz shuttles are the only way for astronauts to reach the International Space Station). The Buran prototype shuttles found by Mirebs, however, are from an earlier era – they are the last remnants of a space program that began in 1974 and was finally shuttered in 1993. The only operational Buran shuttle, Orbiter 1K1, completed one unmanned orbital flight before it was grounded. Unfortunately, this shuttle was destroyed in a hangar collapse in 2002.<br />
<br />
many areas of the huge Baikonur Cosmodrome are still in business today, and that it is from here that the Soyuz rockets are launched, supplying the International Space Station in supplies and crew members<br />
Mirebs’ photos show this forgotten space program derelict and frozen in time.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Amaziing_Images_Sad_Remains_Of...jpg
  • Urban Explorer Finds The Sad Remains Of The Soviet Space Shuttle Program<br />
<br />
Ralph Mirebs, an urban explorer and photographer in Russia, has revealed extraordinary photos of Soviet space shuttle prototypes gathering dust in an abandoned hangar in Kazakhstan.<br />
<br />
The abandoned hangar is located at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, which is still in operation today (with the close of NASA’s shuttle program, Russian Soyuz shuttles are the only way for astronauts to reach the International Space Station). The Buran prototype shuttles found by Mirebs, however, are from an earlier era – they are the last remnants of a space program that began in 1974 and was finally shuttered in 1993. The only operational Buran shuttle, Orbiter 1K1, completed one unmanned orbital flight before it was grounded. Unfortunately, this shuttle was destroyed in a hangar collapse in 2002.<br />
<br />
many areas of the huge Baikonur Cosmodrome are still in business today, and that it is from here that the Soyuz rockets are launched, supplying the International Space Station in supplies and crew members<br />
Mirebs’ photos show this forgotten space program derelict and frozen in time.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Amaziing_Images_Sad_Remains_Of...jpg
  • Urban Explorer Finds The Sad Remains Of The Soviet Space Shuttle Program<br />
<br />
Ralph Mirebs, an urban explorer and photographer in Russia, has revealed extraordinary photos of Soviet space shuttle prototypes gathering dust in an abandoned hangar in Kazakhstan.<br />
<br />
The abandoned hangar is located at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, which is still in operation today (with the close of NASA’s shuttle program, Russian Soyuz shuttles are the only way for astronauts to reach the International Space Station). The Buran prototype shuttles found by Mirebs, however, are from an earlier era – they are the last remnants of a space program that began in 1974 and was finally shuttered in 1993. The only operational Buran shuttle, Orbiter 1K1, completed one unmanned orbital flight before it was grounded. Unfortunately, this shuttle was destroyed in a hangar collapse in 2002.<br />
<br />
many areas of the huge Baikonur Cosmodrome are still in business today, and that it is from here that the Soyuz rockets are launched, supplying the International Space Station in supplies and crew members<br />
Mirebs’ photos show this forgotten space program derelict and frozen in time.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Amaziing_Images_Sad_Remains_Of...jpg
  • Urban Explorer Finds The Sad Remains Of The Soviet Space Shuttle Program<br />
<br />
Ralph Mirebs, an urban explorer and photographer in Russia, has revealed extraordinary photos of Soviet space shuttle prototypes gathering dust in an abandoned hangar in Kazakhstan.<br />
<br />
The abandoned hangar is located at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, which is still in operation today (with the close of NASA’s shuttle program, Russian Soyuz shuttles are the only way for astronauts to reach the International Space Station). The Buran prototype shuttles found by Mirebs, however, are from an earlier era – they are the last remnants of a space program that began in 1974 and was finally shuttered in 1993. The only operational Buran shuttle, Orbiter 1K1, completed one unmanned orbital flight before it was grounded. Unfortunately, this shuttle was destroyed in a hangar collapse in 2002.<br />
<br />
many areas of the huge Baikonur Cosmodrome are still in business today, and that it is from here that the Soyuz rockets are launched, supplying the International Space Station in supplies and crew members<br />
Mirebs’ photos show this forgotten space program derelict and frozen in time.<br />
©Ralph Mirebs/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_Amaziing_Images_Sad_Remains_Of...jpg
  • JAKARTA, INDONESIA - MARCH 02: <br />
<br />
The Remains of the Fuselage AirAsia QZ8501<br />
<br />
The remains of the fuselage of Airasia QZ8501 from the Java Sea arrives at Tanjung Priok port on March 02, 2015 in Jakarta, Indonesia. AirAsia QZ8501 crashed into the Java Sea on 28 December, from Surabaya, Indonesia to Singapore.<br />
<br />
AirAsia flight QZ8501 was travelling from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore when it lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday December 28 2014, almost two hours after take off. Carrying 162 people on board - 155 passengers and seven crew - it disappeared while heading towards bad weather near the Indonesian island of Belitung. One Briton was believed to have been on board.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Remains_of_ QZ8501_AirA...jpg
  • JAKARTA, INDONESIA - MARCH 02: <br />
<br />
The Remains of the Fuselage AirAsia QZ8501<br />
<br />
The remains of the fuselage of Airasia QZ8501 from the Java Sea arrives at Tanjung Priok port on March 02, 2015 in Jakarta, Indonesia. AirAsia QZ8501 crashed into the Java Sea on 28 December, from Surabaya, Indonesia to Singapore.<br />
<br />
AirAsia flight QZ8501 was travelling from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore when it lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday December 28 2014, almost two hours after take off. Carrying 162 people on board - 155 passengers and seven crew - it disappeared while heading towards bad weather near the Indonesian island of Belitung. One Briton was believed to have been on board.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Remains_of_ QZ8501_AirA...jpg
  • JAKARTA, INDONESIA - MARCH 02: <br />
<br />
The Remains of the Fuselage AirAsia QZ8501<br />
<br />
The remains of the fuselage of Airasia QZ8501 from the Java Sea arrives at Tanjung Priok port on March 02, 2015 in Jakarta, Indonesia. AirAsia QZ8501 crashed into the Java Sea on 28 December, from Surabaya, Indonesia to Singapore.<br />
<br />
AirAsia flight QZ8501 was travelling from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore when it lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday December 28 2014, almost two hours after take off. Carrying 162 people on board - 155 passengers and seven crew - it disappeared while heading towards bad weather near the Indonesian island of Belitung. One Briton was believed to have been on board.<br />
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  • JAKARTA, INDONESIA - MARCH 02: <br />
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The Remains of the Fuselage AirAsia QZ8501<br />
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The remains of the fuselage of Airasia QZ8501 from the Java Sea arrives at Tanjung Priok port on March 02, 2015 in Jakarta, Indonesia. AirAsia QZ8501 crashed into the Java Sea on 28 December, from Surabaya, Indonesia to Singapore.<br />
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AirAsia flight QZ8501 was travelling from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore when it lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday December 28 2014, almost two hours after take off. Carrying 162 people on board - 155 passengers and seven crew - it disappeared while heading towards bad weather near the Indonesian island of Belitung. One Briton was believed to have been on board.<br />
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  • JAKARTA, INDONESIA - MARCH 02: <br />
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The Remains of the Fuselage AirAsia QZ8501<br />
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The remains of the fuselage of Airasia QZ8501 from the Java Sea arrives at Tanjung Priok port on March 02, 2015 in Jakarta, Indonesia. AirAsia QZ8501 crashed into the Java Sea on 28 December, from Surabaya, Indonesia to Singapore.<br />
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AirAsia flight QZ8501 was travelling from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore when it lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday December 28 2014, almost two hours after take off. Carrying 162 people on board - 155 passengers and seven crew - it disappeared while heading towards bad weather near the Indonesian island of Belitung. One Briton was believed to have been on board.<br />
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  • JAKARTA, INDONESIA - MARCH 02: <br />
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The Remains of the Fuselage AirAsia QZ8501<br />
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The remains of the fuselage of Airasia QZ8501 from the Java Sea arrives at Tanjung Priok port on March 02, 2015 in Jakarta, Indonesia. AirAsia QZ8501 crashed into the Java Sea on 28 December, from Surabaya, Indonesia to Singapore.<br />
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AirAsia flight QZ8501 was travelling from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore when it lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday December 28 2014, almost two hours after take off. Carrying 162 people on board - 155 passengers and seven crew - it disappeared while heading towards bad weather near the Indonesian island of Belitung. One Briton was believed to have been on board.<br />
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  • JAKARTA, INDONESIA - MARCH 02: <br />
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The Remains of the Fuselage AirAsia QZ8501<br />
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The remains of the fuselage of Airasia QZ8501 from the Java Sea arrives at Tanjung Priok port on March 02, 2015 in Jakarta, Indonesia. AirAsia QZ8501 crashed into the Java Sea on 28 December, from Surabaya, Indonesia to Singapore.<br />
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AirAsia flight QZ8501 was travelling from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore when it lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday December 28 2014, almost two hours after take off. Carrying 162 people on board - 155 passengers and seven crew - it disappeared while heading towards bad weather near the Indonesian island of Belitung. One Briton was believed to have been on board.<br />
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  • JAKARTA, INDONESIA - MARCH 02: <br />
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The Remains of the Fuselage AirAsia QZ8501<br />
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The remains of the fuselage of Airasia QZ8501 from the Java Sea arrives at Tanjung Priok port on March 02, 2015 in Jakarta, Indonesia. AirAsia QZ8501 crashed into the Java Sea on 28 December, from Surabaya, Indonesia to Singapore.<br />
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AirAsia flight QZ8501 was travelling from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore when it lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday December 28 2014, almost two hours after take off. Carrying 162 people on board - 155 passengers and seven crew - it disappeared while heading towards bad weather near the Indonesian island of Belitung. One Briton was believed to have been on board.<br />
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  • JAKARTA, INDONESIA - MARCH 02: <br />
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The Remains of the Fuselage AirAsia QZ8501<br />
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The remains of the fuselage of Airasia QZ8501 from the Java Sea arrives at Tanjung Priok port on March 02, 2015 in Jakarta, Indonesia. AirAsia QZ8501 crashed into the Java Sea on 28 December, from Surabaya, Indonesia to Singapore.<br />
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AirAsia flight QZ8501 was travelling from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore when it lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday December 28 2014, almost two hours after take off. Carrying 162 people on board - 155 passengers and seven crew - it disappeared while heading towards bad weather near the Indonesian island of Belitung. One Briton was believed to have been on board.<br />
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  • JAKARTA, INDONESIA - MARCH 02: <br />
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The Remains of the Fuselage AirAsia QZ8501<br />
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The remains of the fuselage of Airasia QZ8501 from the Java Sea arrives at Tanjung Priok port on March 02, 2015 in Jakarta, Indonesia. AirAsia QZ8501 crashed into the Java Sea on 28 December, from Surabaya, Indonesia to Singapore.<br />
<br />
AirAsia flight QZ8501 was travelling from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore when it lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday December 28 2014, almost two hours after take off. Carrying 162 people on board - 155 passengers and seven crew - it disappeared while heading towards bad weather near the Indonesian island of Belitung. One Briton was believed to have been on board.<br />
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  • JAKARTA, INDONESIA - MARCH 02: <br />
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The Remains of the Fuselage AirAsia QZ8501<br />
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The remains of the fuselage of Airasia QZ8501 from the Java Sea arrives at Tanjung Priok port on March 02, 2015 in Jakarta, Indonesia. AirAsia QZ8501 crashed into the Java Sea on 28 December, from Surabaya, Indonesia to Singapore.<br />
<br />
AirAsia flight QZ8501 was travelling from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore when it lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday December 28 2014, almost two hours after take off. Carrying 162 people on board - 155 passengers and seven crew - it disappeared while heading towards bad weather near the Indonesian island of Belitung. One Briton was believed to have been on board.<br />
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    Exclusivepix_Remains_of_ QZ8501_AirA...jpg
  • JAKARTA, INDONESIA - MARCH 02: <br />
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The Remains of the Fuselage AirAsia QZ8501<br />
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The remains of the fuselage of Airasia QZ8501 from the Java Sea arrives at Tanjung Priok port on March 02, 2015 in Jakarta, Indonesia. AirAsia QZ8501 crashed into the Java Sea on 28 December, from Surabaya, Indonesia to Singapore.<br />
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AirAsia flight QZ8501 was travelling from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore when it lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday December 28 2014, almost two hours after take off. Carrying 162 people on board - 155 passengers and seven crew - it disappeared while heading towards bad weather near the Indonesian island of Belitung. One Briton was believed to have been on board.<br />
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  • Is this mystery rock a dinosaur or just a hoax?<br />
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Fisherman in Siberia claim to have found the remains of a 150 million-year-old dinosaur or reptile in a river.<br />
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Their boat supposedly bumped into the head of the crocodile-like rock, which was apparently confirmed by scientists to be an ancient lizard or even a dinosaur.<br />
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The discovery was made by fisherman from the Wild North Fishing Club were travelling by boat down the Ruta-Ru River in the Yamal Peninsula of northern Russia.<br />
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Their boat struck something that they initially thought was a boulder, but on closer examination had a somewhat more familiar appearance.<br />
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Paleontologists are now heading to the river in Siberia to verify the potentially significant discovery.<br />
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Club chairman Yevgeny Svitov said: ‘It was hard to miss, because the boat driven by my colleague Oleg Yushkov had bumped against it. When he looked to see what it was he found this huge head.’<br />
He said that they photographed it and when they got back they emailed the picture to the Zoological Museum of the Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology in the city of Yekaterinburg, Russia.<br />
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Their scientists came back to them to say that they believed it was the fossilised remains of a lizard that had lived about 150 million years ago, reports The Siberian Times.<br />
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The Institute's head Pavel Kosintsev said that it was not the first report of fossil discoveries in the region but it was the first photographic evidence that the rumours were 'true'.<br />
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He said all the indications were that there is possibly a wealth of similar fossils in the area.<br />
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‘We have dispatched an expedition there to investigate the remains and secure them for future study,’ he said.<br />
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‘At this stage though it's difficult to be precise about exactly what the find shows.’<br />
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The institute is confident that the remains have significant scientific value and they are hoping to recover them before the spring thaw washes them away.<br />
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However, speaking to MailOnline other experts expressed their
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  • New Delhi’s only vinyl record store<br />
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Founded in 1930 in Lahore, Pakistan, New Gramophone House is now the last remaining record shop in Delhi. Relocated to the Indian capital in 1947 following the Indian-Pakistan partition, and nestled above a shoe shop in Delhi’s frenetic Chandni Chowk district, the small room houses over one LAKH of records. Once a record shop amongst hundreds of others in Delhi, New Gramophone House now remains the only surviving outlet for vinyl records and has become an institution amongst locals and international collectors alike. <br />
<br />
The current manager, Anuj Rajpal is the son of the previous manager of the shop Ramesh Rajpal who remains ever present in the shop. Ramesh’s father was the original founder; New Gramophone House is very much a family affair. <br />
<br />
A tardis of music and a haven for lovers of a bygone musical format, the stacks upon stacks of records make it difficult to know where to begin. With a recording by Lata Mangeshkar on my phone, I played it to the shop assistant and so began my foray in to the depths of New Gramophone House’s collection. From religious recordings in Urdu, to Bollywood B Movie soundtracks via snake charmer recordings, this was unlike any record shop experience I’ve experienced. Beautiful record artwork, stacks of 7 inches, tens of gramophones and an ambivalent manager Anuj Rajpal, reminiscent of Jack Black in High Fidelity, made the experience one that will not be soon forgotten. <br />
<br />
With sales of vinyl increasing for the first time in two decades, New Gramophone House has seen its popularity grow in the last couple of years attaining somewhat of a cult following, thanks to a new generation of music lovers with a keen sense of nostalgia and a love of music from yesteryear.<br />
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    Exclusivepix_Delhis_only_record_stor...jpg
  • New Delhi’s only vinyl record store<br />
<br />
Founded in 1930 in Lahore, Pakistan, New Gramophone House is now the last remaining record shop in Delhi. Relocated to the Indian capital in 1947 following the Indian-Pakistan partition, and nestled above a shoe shop in Delhi’s frenetic Chandni Chowk district, the small room houses over one LAKH of records. Once a record shop amongst hundreds of others in Delhi, New Gramophone House now remains the only surviving outlet for vinyl records and has become an institution amongst locals and international collectors alike. <br />
<br />
The current manager, Anuj Rajpal is the son of the previous manager of the shop Ramesh Rajpal who remains ever present in the shop. Ramesh’s father was the original founder; New Gramophone House is very much a family affair. <br />
<br />
A tardis of music and a haven for lovers of a bygone musical format, the stacks upon stacks of records make it difficult to know where to begin. With a recording by Lata Mangeshkar on my phone, I played it to the shop assistant and so began my foray in to the depths of New Gramophone House’s collection. From religious recordings in Urdu, to Bollywood B Movie soundtracks via snake charmer recordings, this was unlike any record shop experience I’ve experienced. Beautiful record artwork, stacks of 7 inches, tens of gramophones and an ambivalent manager Anuj Rajpal, reminiscent of Jack Black in High Fidelity, made the experience one that will not be soon forgotten. <br />
<br />
With sales of vinyl increasing for the first time in two decades, New Gramophone House has seen its popularity grow in the last couple of years attaining somewhat of a cult following, thanks to a new generation of music lovers with a keen sense of nostalgia and a love of music from yesteryear.<br />
©Tom D Morgan/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Delhis_only_record_stor...jpg
  • New Delhi’s only vinyl record store<br />
<br />
Founded in 1930 in Lahore, Pakistan, New Gramophone House is now the last remaining record shop in Delhi. Relocated to the Indian capital in 1947 following the Indian-Pakistan partition, and nestled above a shoe shop in Delhi’s frenetic Chandni Chowk district, the small room houses over one LAKH of records. Once a record shop amongst hundreds of others in Delhi, New Gramophone House now remains the only surviving outlet for vinyl records and has become an institution amongst locals and international collectors alike. <br />
<br />
The current manager, Anuj Rajpal is the son of the previous manager of the shop Ramesh Rajpal who remains ever present in the shop. Ramesh’s father was the original founder; New Gramophone House is very much a family affair. <br />
<br />
A tardis of music and a haven for lovers of a bygone musical format, the stacks upon stacks of records make it difficult to know where to begin. With a recording by Lata Mangeshkar on my phone, I played it to the shop assistant and so began my foray in to the depths of New Gramophone House’s collection. From religious recordings in Urdu, to Bollywood B Movie soundtracks via snake charmer recordings, this was unlike any record shop experience I’ve experienced. Beautiful record artwork, stacks of 7 inches, tens of gramophones and an ambivalent manager Anuj Rajpal, reminiscent of Jack Black in High Fidelity, made the experience one that will not be soon forgotten. <br />
<br />
With sales of vinyl increasing for the first time in two decades, New Gramophone House has seen its popularity grow in the last couple of years attaining somewhat of a cult following, thanks to a new generation of music lovers with a keen sense of nostalgia and a love of music from yesteryear.<br />
©Tom D Morgan/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Delhis_only_record_stor...jpg
  • New Delhi’s only vinyl record store<br />
<br />
Founded in 1930 in Lahore, Pakistan, New Gramophone House is now the last remaining record shop in Delhi. Relocated to the Indian capital in 1947 following the Indian-Pakistan partition, and nestled above a shoe shop in Delhi’s frenetic Chandni Chowk district, the small room houses over one LAKH of records. Once a record shop amongst hundreds of others in Delhi, New Gramophone House now remains the only surviving outlet for vinyl records and has become an institution amongst locals and international collectors alike. <br />
<br />
The current manager, Anuj Rajpal is the son of the previous manager of the shop Ramesh Rajpal who remains ever present in the shop. Ramesh’s father was the original founder; New Gramophone House is very much a family affair. <br />
<br />
A tardis of music and a haven for lovers of a bygone musical format, the stacks upon stacks of records make it difficult to know where to begin. With a recording by Lata Mangeshkar on my phone, I played it to the shop assistant and so began my foray in to the depths of New Gramophone House’s collection. From religious recordings in Urdu, to Bollywood B Movie soundtracks via snake charmer recordings, this was unlike any record shop experience I’ve experienced. Beautiful record artwork, stacks of 7 inches, tens of gramophones and an ambivalent manager Anuj Rajpal, reminiscent of Jack Black in High Fidelity, made the experience one that will not be soon forgotten. <br />
<br />
With sales of vinyl increasing for the first time in two decades, New Gramophone House has seen its popularity grow in the last couple of years attaining somewhat of a cult following, thanks to a new generation of music lovers with a keen sense of nostalgia and a love of music from yesteryear.<br />
©Tom D Morgan/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Delhis_only_record_stor...jpg
  • New Delhi’s only vinyl record store<br />
<br />
Founded in 1930 in Lahore, Pakistan, New Gramophone House is now the last remaining record shop in Delhi. Relocated to the Indian capital in 1947 following the Indian-Pakistan partition, and nestled above a shoe shop in Delhi’s frenetic Chandni Chowk district, the small room houses over one LAKH of records. Once a record shop amongst hundreds of others in Delhi, New Gramophone House now remains the only surviving outlet for vinyl records and has become an institution amongst locals and international collectors alike. <br />
<br />
The current manager, Anuj Rajpal is the son of the previous manager of the shop Ramesh Rajpal who remains ever present in the shop. Ramesh’s father was the original founder; New Gramophone House is very much a family affair. <br />
<br />
A tardis of music and a haven for lovers of a bygone musical format, the stacks upon stacks of records make it difficult to know where to begin. With a recording by Lata Mangeshkar on my phone, I played it to the shop assistant and so began my foray in to the depths of New Gramophone House’s collection. From religious recordings in Urdu, to Bollywood B Movie soundtracks via snake charmer recordings, this was unlike any record shop experience I’ve experienced. Beautiful record artwork, stacks of 7 inches, tens of gramophones and an ambivalent manager Anuj Rajpal, reminiscent of Jack Black in High Fidelity, made the experience one that will not be soon forgotten. <br />
<br />
With sales of vinyl increasing for the first time in two decades, New Gramophone House has seen its popularity grow in the last couple of years attaining somewhat of a cult following, thanks to a new generation of music lovers with a keen sense of nostalgia and a love of music from yesteryear.<br />
©Tom D Morgan/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Delhis_only_record_stor...jpg
  • New Delhi’s only vinyl record store<br />
<br />
Founded in 1930 in Lahore, Pakistan, New Gramophone House is now the last remaining record shop in Delhi. Relocated to the Indian capital in 1947 following the Indian-Pakistan partition, and nestled above a shoe shop in Delhi’s frenetic Chandni Chowk district, the small room houses over one LAKH of records. Once a record shop amongst hundreds of others in Delhi, New Gramophone House now remains the only surviving outlet for vinyl records and has become an institution amongst locals and international collectors alike. <br />
<br />
The current manager, Anuj Rajpal is the son of the previous manager of the shop Ramesh Rajpal who remains ever present in the shop. Ramesh’s father was the original founder; New Gramophone House is very much a family affair. <br />
<br />
A tardis of music and a haven for lovers of a bygone musical format, the stacks upon stacks of records make it difficult to know where to begin. With a recording by Lata Mangeshkar on my phone, I played it to the shop assistant and so began my foray in to the depths of New Gramophone House’s collection. From religious recordings in Urdu, to Bollywood B Movie soundtracks via snake charmer recordings, this was unlike any record shop experience I’ve experienced. Beautiful record artwork, stacks of 7 inches, tens of gramophones and an ambivalent manager Anuj Rajpal, reminiscent of Jack Black in High Fidelity, made the experience one that will not be soon forgotten. <br />
<br />
With sales of vinyl increasing for the first time in two decades, New Gramophone House has seen its popularity grow in the last couple of years attaining somewhat of a cult following, thanks to a new generation of music lovers with a keen sense of nostalgia and a love of music from yesteryear.<br />
©Tom D Morgan/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Delhis_only_record_stor...jpg
  • New Delhi’s only vinyl record store<br />
<br />
Founded in 1930 in Lahore, Pakistan, New Gramophone House is now the last remaining record shop in Delhi. Relocated to the Indian capital in 1947 following the Indian-Pakistan partition, and nestled above a shoe shop in Delhi’s frenetic Chandni Chowk district, the small room houses over one LAKH of records. Once a record shop amongst hundreds of others in Delhi, New Gramophone House now remains the only surviving outlet for vinyl records and has become an institution amongst locals and international collectors alike. <br />
<br />
The current manager, Anuj Rajpal is the son of the previous manager of the shop Ramesh Rajpal who remains ever present in the shop. Ramesh’s father was the original founder; New Gramophone House is very much a family affair. <br />
<br />
A tardis of music and a haven for lovers of a bygone musical format, the stacks upon stacks of records make it difficult to know where to begin. With a recording by Lata Mangeshkar on my phone, I played it to the shop assistant and so began my foray in to the depths of New Gramophone House’s collection. From religious recordings in Urdu, to Bollywood B Movie soundtracks via snake charmer recordings, this was unlike any record shop experience I’ve experienced. Beautiful record artwork, stacks of 7 inches, tens of gramophones and an ambivalent manager Anuj Rajpal, reminiscent of Jack Black in High Fidelity, made the experience one that will not be soon forgotten. <br />
<br />
With sales of vinyl increasing for the first time in two decades, New Gramophone House has seen its popularity grow in the last couple of years attaining somewhat of a cult following, thanks to a new generation of music lovers with a keen sense of nostalgia and a love of music from yesteryear.<br />
©Tom D Morgan/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Delhis_only_record_stor...jpg
  • New Delhi’s only vinyl record store<br />
<br />
Founded in 1930 in Lahore, Pakistan, New Gramophone House is now the last remaining record shop in Delhi. Relocated to the Indian capital in 1947 following the Indian-Pakistan partition, and nestled above a shoe shop in Delhi’s frenetic Chandni Chowk district, the small room houses over one LAKH of records. Once a record shop amongst hundreds of others in Delhi, New Gramophone House now remains the only surviving outlet for vinyl records and has become an institution amongst locals and international collectors alike. <br />
<br />
The current manager, Anuj Rajpal is the son of the previous manager of the shop Ramesh Rajpal who remains ever present in the shop. Ramesh’s father was the original founder; New Gramophone House is very much a family affair. <br />
<br />
A tardis of music and a haven for lovers of a bygone musical format, the stacks upon stacks of records make it difficult to know where to begin. With a recording by Lata Mangeshkar on my phone, I played it to the shop assistant and so began my foray in to the depths of New Gramophone House’s collection. From religious recordings in Urdu, to Bollywood B Movie soundtracks via snake charmer recordings, this was unlike any record shop experience I’ve experienced. Beautiful record artwork, stacks of 7 inches, tens of gramophones and an ambivalent manager Anuj Rajpal, reminiscent of Jack Black in High Fidelity, made the experience one that will not be soon forgotten. <br />
<br />
With sales of vinyl increasing for the first time in two decades, New Gramophone House has seen its popularity grow in the last couple of years attaining somewhat of a cult following, thanks to a new generation of music lovers with a keen sense of nostalgia and a love of music from yesteryear.<br />
©Tom D Morgan/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Delhis_only_record_stor...jpg
  • New Delhi’s only vinyl record store<br />
<br />
Founded in 1930 in Lahore, Pakistan, New Gramophone House is now the last remaining record shop in Delhi. Relocated to the Indian capital in 1947 following the Indian-Pakistan partition, and nestled above a shoe shop in Delhi’s frenetic Chandni Chowk district, the small room houses over one LAKH of records. Once a record shop amongst hundreds of others in Delhi, New Gramophone House now remains the only surviving outlet for vinyl records and has become an institution amongst locals and international collectors alike. <br />
<br />
The current manager, Anuj Rajpal is the son of the previous manager of the shop Ramesh Rajpal who remains ever present in the shop. Ramesh’s father was the original founder; New Gramophone House is very much a family affair. <br />
<br />
A tardis of music and a haven for lovers of a bygone musical format, the stacks upon stacks of records make it difficult to know where to begin. With a recording by Lata Mangeshkar on my phone, I played it to the shop assistant and so began my foray in to the depths of New Gramophone House’s collection. From religious recordings in Urdu, to Bollywood B Movie soundtracks via snake charmer recordings, this was unlike any record shop experience I’ve experienced. Beautiful record artwork, stacks of 7 inches, tens of gramophones and an ambivalent manager Anuj Rajpal, reminiscent of Jack Black in High Fidelity, made the experience one that will not be soon forgotten. <br />
<br />
With sales of vinyl increasing for the first time in two decades, New Gramophone House has seen its popularity grow in the last couple of years attaining somewhat of a cult following, thanks to a new generation of music lovers with a keen sense of nostalgia and a love of music from yesteryear.<br />
©Tom D Morgan/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Delhis_only_record_stor...jpg
  • New Delhi’s only vinyl record store<br />
<br />
Founded in 1930 in Lahore, Pakistan, New Gramophone House is now the last remaining record shop in Delhi. Relocated to the Indian capital in 1947 following the Indian-Pakistan partition, and nestled above a shoe shop in Delhi’s frenetic Chandni Chowk district, the small room houses over one LAKH of records. Once a record shop amongst hundreds of others in Delhi, New Gramophone House now remains the only surviving outlet for vinyl records and has become an institution amongst locals and international collectors alike. <br />
<br />
The current manager, Anuj Rajpal is the son of the previous manager of the shop Ramesh Rajpal who remains ever present in the shop. Ramesh’s father was the original founder; New Gramophone House is very much a family affair. <br />
<br />
A tardis of music and a haven for lovers of a bygone musical format, the stacks upon stacks of records make it difficult to know where to begin. With a recording by Lata Mangeshkar on my phone, I played it to the shop assistant and so began my foray in to the depths of New Gramophone House’s collection. From religious recordings in Urdu, to Bollywood B Movie soundtracks via snake charmer recordings, this was unlike any record shop experience I’ve experienced. Beautiful record artwork, stacks of 7 inches, tens of gramophones and an ambivalent manager Anuj Rajpal, reminiscent of Jack Black in High Fidelity, made the experience one that will not be soon forgotten. <br />
<br />
With sales of vinyl increasing for the first time in two decades, New Gramophone House has seen its popularity grow in the last couple of years attaining somewhat of a cult following, thanks to a new generation of music lovers with a keen sense of nostalgia and a love of music from yesteryear.<br />
©Tom D Morgan/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Delhis_only_record_stor...jpg
  • New Delhi’s only vinyl record store<br />
<br />
Founded in 1930 in Lahore, Pakistan, New Gramophone House is now the last remaining record shop in Delhi. Relocated to the Indian capital in 1947 following the Indian-Pakistan partition, and nestled above a shoe shop in Delhi’s frenetic Chandni Chowk district, the small room houses over one LAKH of records. Once a record shop amongst hundreds of others in Delhi, New Gramophone House now remains the only surviving outlet for vinyl records and has become an institution amongst locals and international collectors alike. <br />
<br />
The current manager, Anuj Rajpal is the son of the previous manager of the shop Ramesh Rajpal who remains ever present in the shop. Ramesh’s father was the original founder; New Gramophone House is very much a family affair. <br />
<br />
A tardis of music and a haven for lovers of a bygone musical format, the stacks upon stacks of records make it difficult to know where to begin. With a recording by Lata Mangeshkar on my phone, I played it to the shop assistant and so began my foray in to the depths of New Gramophone House’s collection. From religious recordings in Urdu, to Bollywood B Movie soundtracks via snake charmer recordings, this was unlike any record shop experience I’ve experienced. Beautiful record artwork, stacks of 7 inches, tens of gramophones and an ambivalent manager Anuj Rajpal, reminiscent of Jack Black in High Fidelity, made the experience one that will not be soon forgotten. <br />
<br />
With sales of vinyl increasing for the first time in two decades, New Gramophone House has seen its popularity grow in the last couple of years attaining somewhat of a cult following, thanks to a new generation of music lovers with a keen sense of nostalgia and a love of music from yesteryear.<br />
©Tom D Morgan/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Delhis_only_record_stor...jpg
  • New Delhi’s only vinyl record store<br />
<br />
Founded in 1930 in Lahore, Pakistan, New Gramophone House is now the last remaining record shop in Delhi. Relocated to the Indian capital in 1947 following the Indian-Pakistan partition, and nestled above a shoe shop in Delhi’s frenetic Chandni Chowk district, the small room houses over one LAKH of records. Once a record shop amongst hundreds of others in Delhi, New Gramophone House now remains the only surviving outlet for vinyl records and has become an institution amongst locals and international collectors alike. <br />
<br />
The current manager, Anuj Rajpal is the son of the previous manager of the shop Ramesh Rajpal who remains ever present in the shop. Ramesh’s father was the original founder; New Gramophone House is very much a family affair. <br />
<br />
A tardis of music and a haven for lovers of a bygone musical format, the stacks upon stacks of records make it difficult to know where to begin. With a recording by Lata Mangeshkar on my phone, I played it to the shop assistant and so began my foray in to the depths of New Gramophone House’s collection. From religious recordings in Urdu, to Bollywood B Movie soundtracks via snake charmer recordings, this was unlike any record shop experience I’ve experienced. Beautiful record artwork, stacks of 7 inches, tens of gramophones and an ambivalent manager Anuj Rajpal, reminiscent of Jack Black in High Fidelity, made the experience one that will not be soon forgotten. <br />
<br />
With sales of vinyl increasing for the first time in two decades, New Gramophone House has seen its popularity grow in the last couple of years attaining somewhat of a cult following, thanks to a new generation of music lovers with a keen sense of nostalgia and a love of music from yesteryear.<br />
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  • New Delhi’s only vinyl record store<br />
<br />
Founded in 1930 in Lahore, Pakistan, New Gramophone House is now the last remaining record shop in Delhi. Relocated to the Indian capital in 1947 following the Indian-Pakistan partition, and nestled above a shoe shop in Delhi’s frenetic Chandni Chowk district, the small room houses over one LAKH of records. Once a record shop amongst hundreds of others in Delhi, New Gramophone House now remains the only surviving outlet for vinyl records and has become an institution amongst locals and international collectors alike. <br />
<br />
The current manager, Anuj Rajpal is the son of the previous manager of the shop Ramesh Rajpal who remains ever present in the shop. Ramesh’s father was the original founder; New Gramophone House is very much a family affair. <br />
<br />
A tardis of music and a haven for lovers of a bygone musical format, the stacks upon stacks of records make it difficult to know where to begin. With a recording by Lata Mangeshkar on my phone, I played it to the shop assistant and so began my foray in to the depths of New Gramophone House’s collection. From religious recordings in Urdu, to Bollywood B Movie soundtracks via snake charmer recordings, this was unlike any record shop experience I’ve experienced. Beautiful record artwork, stacks of 7 inches, tens of gramophones and an ambivalent manager Anuj Rajpal, reminiscent of Jack Black in High Fidelity, made the experience one that will not be soon forgotten. <br />
<br />
With sales of vinyl increasing for the first time in two decades, New Gramophone House has seen its popularity grow in the last couple of years attaining somewhat of a cult following, thanks to a new generation of music lovers with a keen sense of nostalgia and a love of music from yesteryear.<br />
©Tom D Morgan/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Delhis_only_record_stor...jpg
  • New Delhi’s only vinyl record store<br />
<br />
Founded in 1930 in Lahore, Pakistan, New Gramophone House is now the last remaining record shop in Delhi. Relocated to the Indian capital in 1947 following the Indian-Pakistan partition, and nestled above a shoe shop in Delhi’s frenetic Chandni Chowk district, the small room houses over one LAKH of records. Once a record shop amongst hundreds of others in Delhi, New Gramophone House now remains the only surviving outlet for vinyl records and has become an institution amongst locals and international collectors alike. <br />
<br />
The current manager, Anuj Rajpal is the son of the previous manager of the shop Ramesh Rajpal who remains ever present in the shop. Ramesh’s father was the original founder; New Gramophone House is very much a family affair. <br />
<br />
A tardis of music and a haven for lovers of a bygone musical format, the stacks upon stacks of records make it difficult to know where to begin. With a recording by Lata Mangeshkar on my phone, I played it to the shop assistant and so began my foray in to the depths of New Gramophone House’s collection. From religious recordings in Urdu, to Bollywood B Movie soundtracks via snake charmer recordings, this was unlike any record shop experience I’ve experienced. Beautiful record artwork, stacks of 7 inches, tens of gramophones and an ambivalent manager Anuj Rajpal, reminiscent of Jack Black in High Fidelity, made the experience one that will not be soon forgotten. <br />
<br />
With sales of vinyl increasing for the first time in two decades, New Gramophone House has seen its popularity grow in the last couple of years attaining somewhat of a cult following, thanks to a new generation of music lovers with a keen sense of nostalgia and a love of music from yesteryear.<br />
©Tom D Morgan/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Delhis_only_record_stor...jpg
  • New Delhi’s only vinyl record store<br />
<br />
Founded in 1930 in Lahore, Pakistan, New Gramophone House is now the last remaining record shop in Delhi. Relocated to the Indian capital in 1947 following the Indian-Pakistan partition, and nestled above a shoe shop in Delhi’s frenetic Chandni Chowk district, the small room houses over one LAKH of records. Once a record shop amongst hundreds of others in Delhi, New Gramophone House now remains the only surviving outlet for vinyl records and has become an institution amongst locals and international collectors alike. <br />
<br />
The current manager, Anuj Rajpal is the son of the previous manager of the shop Ramesh Rajpal who remains ever present in the shop. Ramesh’s father was the original founder; New Gramophone House is very much a family affair. <br />
<br />
A tardis of music and a haven for lovers of a bygone musical format, the stacks upon stacks of records make it difficult to know where to begin. With a recording by Lata Mangeshkar on my phone, I played it to the shop assistant and so began my foray in to the depths of New Gramophone House’s collection. From religious recordings in Urdu, to Bollywood B Movie soundtracks via snake charmer recordings, this was unlike any record shop experience I’ve experienced. Beautiful record artwork, stacks of 7 inches, tens of gramophones and an ambivalent manager Anuj Rajpal, reminiscent of Jack Black in High Fidelity, made the experience one that will not be soon forgotten. <br />
<br />
With sales of vinyl increasing for the first time in two decades, New Gramophone House has seen its popularity grow in the last couple of years attaining somewhat of a cult following, thanks to a new generation of music lovers with a keen sense of nostalgia and a love of music from yesteryear.<br />
©Tom D Morgan/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Delhis_only_record_stor...jpg
  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on <br />
<br />
When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. <br />
It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium.<br />
'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. <br />
<br />
Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.<br />
Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986.<br />
The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history.<br />
An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe.<br />
©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Chernobyl_30_years_on39.jpg
  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on <br />
<br />
When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. <br />
It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium.<br />
'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. <br />
<br />
Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.<br />
Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986.<br />
The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history.<br />
An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe.<br />
©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Chernobyl_30_years_on37.jpg
  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on <br />
<br />
When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. <br />
It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium.<br />
'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. <br />
<br />
Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.<br />
Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986.<br />
The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history.<br />
An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe.<br />
©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Chernobyl_30_years_on34.jpg
  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on <br />
<br />
When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. <br />
It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium.<br />
'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. <br />
<br />
Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.<br />
Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986.<br />
The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history.<br />
An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe.<br />
©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Chernobyl_30_years_on35.jpg
  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on <br />
<br />
When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. <br />
It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium.<br />
'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. <br />
<br />
Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.<br />
Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986.<br />
The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history.<br />
An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe.<br />
©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Chernobyl_30_years_on32.jpg
  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on <br />
<br />
When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. <br />
It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium.<br />
'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. <br />
<br />
Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.<br />
Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986.<br />
The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history.<br />
An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe.<br />
©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Chernobyl_30_years_on30.jpg
  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on <br />
<br />
When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. <br />
It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium.<br />
'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. <br />
<br />
Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.<br />
Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986.<br />
The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history.<br />
An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe.<br />
©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Chernobyl_30_years_on31.jpg
  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on <br />
<br />
When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. <br />
It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium.<br />
'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. <br />
<br />
Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.<br />
Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986.<br />
The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history.<br />
An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe.<br />
©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Chernobyl_30_years_on27.jpg
  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on <br />
<br />
When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. <br />
It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium.<br />
'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. <br />
<br />
Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.<br />
Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986.<br />
The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history.<br />
An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe.<br />
©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Chernobyl_30_years_on23.jpg
  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on <br />
<br />
When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. <br />
It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium.<br />
'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. <br />
<br />
Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.<br />
Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986.<br />
The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history.<br />
An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe.<br />
©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Chernobyl_30_years_on24.jpg
  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on <br />
<br />
When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. <br />
It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium.<br />
'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. <br />
<br />
Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.<br />
Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986.<br />
The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history.<br />
An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe.<br />
©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Chernobyl_30_years_on20.jpg
  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on <br />
<br />
When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. <br />
It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium.<br />
'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. <br />
<br />
Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.<br />
Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986.<br />
The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history.<br />
An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe.<br />
©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Chernobyl_30_years_on18.jpg
  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on <br />
<br />
When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. <br />
It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium.<br />
'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. <br />
<br />
Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.<br />
Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986.<br />
The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history.<br />
An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe.<br />
©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Chernobyl_30_years_on16.jpg
  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on <br />
<br />
When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. <br />
It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium.<br />
'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. <br />
<br />
Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.<br />
Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986.<br />
The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history.<br />
An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe.<br />
©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Chernobyl_30_years_on17.jpg
  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on <br />
<br />
When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. <br />
It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium.<br />
'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. <br />
<br />
Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.<br />
Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986.<br />
The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history.<br />
An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe.<br />
©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Chernobyl_30_years_on14.jpg
  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on <br />
<br />
When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. <br />
It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium.<br />
'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. <br />
<br />
Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.<br />
Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986.<br />
The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history.<br />
An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe.<br />
©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Chernobyl_30_years_on15.jpg
  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on <br />
<br />
When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. <br />
It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium.<br />
'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. <br />
<br />
Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.<br />
Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986.<br />
The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history.<br />
An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe.<br />
©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Chernobyl_30_years_on13.jpg
  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on <br />
<br />
When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. <br />
It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium.<br />
'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. <br />
<br />
Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.<br />
Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986.<br />
The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history.<br />
An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe.<br />
©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Chernobyl_30_years_on12.jpg
  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on <br />
<br />
When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. <br />
It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium.<br />
'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. <br />
<br />
Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.<br />
Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986.<br />
The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history.<br />
An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe.<br />
©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Chernobyl_30_years_on09.jpg
  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on <br />
<br />
When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. <br />
It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium.<br />
'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. <br />
<br />
Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.<br />
Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986.<br />
The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history.<br />
An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe.<br />
©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Chernobyl_30_years_on11.jpg
  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on <br />
<br />
When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. <br />
It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium.<br />
'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. <br />
<br />
Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.<br />
Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986.<br />
The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history.<br />
An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe.<br />
©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Chernobyl_30_years_on10.jpg
  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on <br />
<br />
When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. <br />
It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium.<br />
'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. <br />
<br />
Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.<br />
Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986.<br />
The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history.<br />
An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe.<br />
©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Chernobyl_30_years_on08.jpg
  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on <br />
<br />
When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. <br />
It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium.<br />
'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. <br />
<br />
Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.<br />
Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986.<br />
The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history.<br />
An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe.<br />
©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Chernobyl_30_years_on06.jpg
  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on <br />
<br />
When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. <br />
It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium.<br />
'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. <br />
<br />
Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.<br />
Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986.<br />
The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history.<br />
An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe.<br />
©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Chernobyl_30_years_on04.jpg
  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on <br />
<br />
When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. <br />
It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium.<br />
'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. <br />
<br />
Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.<br />
Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986.<br />
The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history.<br />
An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe.<br />
©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Chernobyl_30_years_on02.jpg
  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on <br />
<br />
When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. <br />
It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium.<br />
'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. <br />
<br />
Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.<br />
Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986.<br />
The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history.<br />
An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe.<br />
©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Chernobyl_30_years_on03.jpg
  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on <br />
<br />
When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. <br />
It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium.<br />
'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. <br />
<br />
Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.<br />
Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986.<br />
The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history.<br />
An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe.<br />
©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Chernobyl_30_years_on01.jpg
  • Missing sailor's remains found inside giant shark caught and killed off 'Jaws Beach'<br />
<br />
Human remains found in the belly of a shark are probably those of a man who disappeared from a boat off Jaws Beach - on an island where one of the Jaws movies was filmed, police in the Bahamas said.<br />
Fingerprints were used to identify Judson Newton, although they are still waiting for DNA test results, Assistant Police Commissioner Hulan Hanna said.<br />
It is unclear if the 43-year-old was alive when he was eaten.<br />
Mr Newton went on a boating trip with friends off Jaws Beach on New Providence Island on August 29 and encountered engine trouble.<br />
<br />
Rescuers who responded to a call for help found three men on board who said that Mr Newton and a friend jumped into the water to try to swim back to shore. <br />
Officials launched a search for them, but neither was found.<br />
On September 4, a local investment banker caught the 12ft tiger shark while on a deep-sea fishing trip and he said a left leg popped out of its mouth as they hauled it in.<br />
When officers with the island's defence force cut the shark open, they found the right leg, two severed arms and a severed torso.<br />
One of Mr Newton's friends, Samuel Woodside, 37, told reporters that he was surprised when he heard police say Mr Newton probably drowned.<br />
To me, he was always a strong swimmer,' Mr Woodside said. 'I don't know what happened.'<br />
Mr Woodside said he and Mr Newton were childhood friends and would go fishing almost every weekend when Mr Newton was not working as a sailor on cargo boats or as a chef at local restaurants.<br />
Mr Newton did not favour one fishing spot over another, Mr Woodside said.<br />
'He was a sailor, you see,' he said. 'Anywhere where he could get a fishing line, he would go there.'<br />
Mr Newton was not married and did not have children, but he left behind his mother and a brother, Mr Woodside said.<br />
The beach near where Mr Newton was last seen is located on the small island where the 1987 shark-terror sequel film Jaws: The Revenge was
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  • Missing sailor's remains found inside giant shark caught and killed off 'Jaws Beach'<br />
<br />
Human remains found in the belly of a shark are probably those of a man who disappeared from a boat off Jaws Beach - on an island where one of the Jaws movies was filmed, police in the Bahamas said.<br />
Fingerprints were used to identify Judson Newton, although they are still waiting for DNA test results, Assistant Police Commissioner Hulan Hanna said.<br />
It is unclear if the 43-year-old was alive when he was eaten.<br />
Mr Newton went on a boating trip with friends off Jaws Beach on New Providence Island on August 29 and encountered engine trouble.<br />
<br />
Rescuers who responded to a call for help found three men on board who said that Mr Newton and a friend jumped into the water to try to swim back to shore. <br />
Officials launched a search for them, but neither was found.<br />
On September 4, a local investment banker caught the 12ft tiger shark while on a deep-sea fishing trip and he said a left leg popped out of its mouth as they hauled it in.<br />
When officers with the island's defence force cut the shark open, they found the right leg, two severed arms and a severed torso.<br />
One of Mr Newton's friends, Samuel Woodside, 37, told reporters that he was surprised when he heard police say Mr Newton probably drowned.<br />
To me, he was always a strong swimmer,' Mr Woodside said. 'I don't know what happened.'<br />
Mr Woodside said he and Mr Newton were childhood friends and would go fishing almost every weekend when Mr Newton was not working as a sailor on cargo boats or as a chef at local restaurants.<br />
Mr Newton did not favour one fishing spot over another, Mr Woodside said.<br />
'He was a sailor, you see,' he said. 'Anywhere where he could get a fishing line, he would go there.'<br />
Mr Newton was not married and did not have children, but he left behind his mother and a brother, Mr Woodside said.<br />
The beach near where Mr Newton was last seen is located on the small island where the 1987 shark-terror sequel film Jaws: The Revenge was
    Exclusivepix_Body_In_Shark2.jpg
  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on <br />
<br />
When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. <br />
It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium.<br />
'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. <br />
<br />
Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.<br />
Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986.<br />
The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history.<br />
An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe.<br />
©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Chernobyl_30_years_on38.jpg
  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on <br />
<br />
When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. <br />
It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium.<br />
'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. <br />
<br />
Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.<br />
Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986.<br />
The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history.<br />
An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe.<br />
©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Chernobyl_30_years_on36.jpg
  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on <br />
<br />
When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. <br />
It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium.<br />
'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. <br />
<br />
Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.<br />
Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986.<br />
The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history.<br />
An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe.<br />
©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Chernobyl_30_years_on33.jpg
  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on <br />
<br />
When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. <br />
It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium.<br />
'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. <br />
<br />
Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.<br />
Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986.<br />
The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history.<br />
An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe.<br />
©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Chernobyl_30_years_on29.jpg
  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on <br />
<br />
When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. <br />
It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium.<br />
'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. <br />
<br />
Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.<br />
Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986.<br />
The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history.<br />
An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe.<br />
©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Chernobyl_30_years_on28.jpg
  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on <br />
<br />
When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. <br />
It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium.<br />
'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. <br />
<br />
Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.<br />
Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986.<br />
The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history.<br />
An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe.<br />
©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Chernobyl_30_years_on25.jpg
  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on <br />
<br />
When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. <br />
It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium.<br />
'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. <br />
<br />
Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.<br />
Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986.<br />
The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history.<br />
An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe.<br />
©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Chernobyl_30_years_on26.jpg
  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on <br />
<br />
When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. <br />
It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium.<br />
'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. <br />
<br />
Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.<br />
Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986.<br />
The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history.<br />
An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe.<br />
©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Chernobyl_30_years_on22.jpg
  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on <br />
<br />
When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. <br />
It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium.<br />
'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. <br />
<br />
Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.<br />
Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986.<br />
The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history.<br />
An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe.<br />
©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Chernobyl_30_years_on21.jpg
  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on <br />
<br />
When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. <br />
It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium.<br />
'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. <br />
<br />
Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.<br />
Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986.<br />
The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history.<br />
An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe.<br />
©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Chernobyl_30_years_on19.jpg
  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on <br />
<br />
When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. <br />
It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium.<br />
'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. <br />
<br />
Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.<br />
Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986.<br />
The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history.<br />
An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe.<br />
©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Chernobyl_30_years_on07.jpg
  • Chilling tour in the haunting remains of the Chernobyl site 30 years on <br />
<br />
When 29 years ago a mile-tall blue flame shot high into the sky, burning a hole in the ozone layer, the eyes of the world focused on the human-made volcano - Soviet Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant - spewing 400 times more radioactive load than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. <br />
It was the Cold War, so American satellites were zooming in on the plant, now with a glowing red spot, much like a fresh gunshot wound on Earth's surface, bleeding plutonium.<br />
'We did not know that death could be so beautiful,' said those who saw it from the model Soviet town of Pripyat, built specially for the employees of the plant, clean and church-less. <br />
<br />
Ukraine is holding commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.<br />
Sirens were sounded at the same moment as the first explosion at the reactor, in the early hours of 26 April 1986.<br />
The meltdown at the plant remains the worst nuclear disaster in history.<br />
An uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across Ukraine's borders, into Russia, Belarus and across a swathe of northern Europe.<br />
©Michal Huniewich/Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Chernobyl_30_years_on05.jpg
  • Missing sailor's remains found inside giant shark caught and killed off 'Jaws Beach'<br />
<br />
Human remains found in the belly of a shark are probably those of a man who disappeared from a boat off Jaws Beach - on an island where one of the Jaws movies was filmed, police in the Bahamas said.<br />
Fingerprints were used to identify Judson Newton, although they are still waiting for DNA test results, Assistant Police Commissioner Hulan Hanna said.<br />
It is unclear if the 43-year-old was alive when he was eaten.<br />
Mr Newton went on a boating trip with friends off Jaws Beach on New Providence Island on August 29 and encountered engine trouble.<br />
<br />
Rescuers who responded to a call for help found three men on board who said that Mr Newton and a friend jumped into the water to try to swim back to shore. <br />
Officials launched a search for them, but neither was found.<br />
On September 4, a local investment banker caught the 12ft tiger shark while on a deep-sea fishing trip and he said a left leg popped out of its mouth as they hauled it in.<br />
When officers with the island's defence force cut the shark open, they found the right leg, two severed arms and a severed torso.<br />
One of Mr Newton's friends, Samuel Woodside, 37, told reporters that he was surprised when he heard police say Mr Newton probably drowned.<br />
To me, he was always a strong swimmer,' Mr Woodside said. 'I don't know what happened.'<br />
Mr Woodside said he and Mr Newton were childhood friends and would go fishing almost every weekend when Mr Newton was not working as a sailor on cargo boats or as a chef at local restaurants.<br />
Mr Newton did not favour one fishing spot over another, Mr Woodside said.<br />
'He was a sailor, you see,' he said. 'Anywhere where he could get a fishing line, he would go there.'<br />
Mr Newton was not married and did not have children, but he left behind his mother and a brother, Mr Woodside said.<br />
The beach near where Mr Newton was last seen is located on the small island where the 1987 shark-terror sequel film Jaws: The Revenge was
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  • Missing sailor's remains found inside giant shark caught and killed off 'Jaws Beach'<br />
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Human remains found in the belly of a shark are probably those of a man who disappeared from a boat off Jaws Beach - on an island where one of the Jaws movies was filmed, police in the Bahamas said.<br />
Fingerprints were used to identify Judson Newton, although they are still waiting for DNA test results, Assistant Police Commissioner Hulan Hanna said.<br />
It is unclear if the 43-year-old was alive when he was eaten.<br />
Mr Newton went on a boating trip with friends off Jaws Beach on New Providence Island on August 29 and encountered engine trouble.<br />
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Rescuers who responded to a call for help found three men on board who said that Mr Newton and a friend jumped into the water to try to swim back to shore. <br />
Officials launched a search for them, but neither was found.<br />
On September 4, a local investment banker caught the 12ft tiger shark while on a deep-sea fishing trip and he said a left leg popped out of its mouth as they hauled it in.<br />
When officers with the island's defence force cut the shark open, they found the right leg, two severed arms and a severed torso.<br />
One of Mr Newton's friends, Samuel Woodside, 37, told reporters that he was surprised when he heard police say Mr Newton probably drowned.<br />
To me, he was always a strong swimmer,' Mr Woodside said. 'I don't know what happened.'<br />
Mr Woodside said he and Mr Newton were childhood friends and would go fishing almost every weekend when Mr Newton was not working as a sailor on cargo boats or as a chef at local restaurants.<br />
Mr Newton did not favour one fishing spot over another, Mr Woodside said.<br />
'He was a sailor, you see,' he said. 'Anywhere where he could get a fishing line, he would go there.'<br />
Mr Newton was not married and did not have children, but he left behind his mother and a brother, Mr Woodside said.<br />
The beach near where Mr Newton was last seen is located on the small island where the 1987 shark-terror sequel film Jaws: The Revenge was
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  • The Haunting Remains of Sarajevo’s War-Ravaged Winter Olympics Venue<br />
<br />
From an altitude of 1,600 feet on Mount Trebević, the sight of Sarajevo to the north is truly superb. However, the Bosnian capital is a long way off, and its bustling streets are a far cry from the scenery surrounding this vantage point. Here, decaying slabs of concrete wrestle with vegetation as nature attempts to reclaim a long-empty structure. The colorful designs of local graffiti artists also decorate the man-made construction – as do, upon closer inspection, the traces of war.<br />
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These are the ruins of Sarajevo’s 1984 Winter Olympics bobsleigh and luge track, and its bare bones tell a grim tale. The tens of thousands of excited, expectant spectators who turned up to watch a record-breaking number of competing countries are long gone. Today the site is only eerie and silent and acts as a stark reminder of the destruction wrought by conflict.<br />
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In 1978 it was decided that the 14th Winter Olympic Games would be held in Sarajevo, and the choice was a significant one. It was to be the inaugural winter Olympic competition to be staged in a Communist nation and represented a neutral location in a world still in the throes of the Cold War.<br />
To transform the city into an Olympic hub, the hosts spent approximately $150 million – or the equivalent of around $347 million now – developing the necessary sporting structures, lodgings and transportation links.<br />
To transform the city into an Olympic hub, the hosts spent approximately $150 million – or the equivalent of around $347 million now – developing the necessary sporting structures, lodgings and transportation links.<br />
In the city itself, the five rings of the Olympics logo were placed on a central tower, and the Zetra facility was erected for skating events. Indeed, Sarajevans were very proud of their successful Olympic bid.<br />
Forty-nine countries went on to field 998 male and 274 female athletes over the course of 39 events during the games. T
    Exclusivepix_Sarajevos_War_Ravaged_W...jpg
  • The Haunting Remains of Sarajevo’s War-Ravaged Winter Olympics Venue<br />
<br />
From an altitude of 1,600 feet on Mount Trebević, the sight of Sarajevo to the north is truly superb. However, the Bosnian capital is a long way off, and its bustling streets are a far cry from the scenery surrounding this vantage point. Here, decaying slabs of concrete wrestle with vegetation as nature attempts to reclaim a long-empty structure. The colorful designs of local graffiti artists also decorate the man-made construction – as do, upon closer inspection, the traces of war.<br />
<br />
These are the ruins of Sarajevo’s 1984 Winter Olympics bobsleigh and luge track, and its bare bones tell a grim tale. The tens of thousands of excited, expectant spectators who turned up to watch a record-breaking number of competing countries are long gone. Today the site is only eerie and silent and acts as a stark reminder of the destruction wrought by conflict.<br />
<br />
In 1978 it was decided that the 14th Winter Olympic Games would be held in Sarajevo, and the choice was a significant one. It was to be the inaugural winter Olympic competition to be staged in a Communist nation and represented a neutral location in a world still in the throes of the Cold War.<br />
To transform the city into an Olympic hub, the hosts spent approximately $150 million – or the equivalent of around $347 million now – developing the necessary sporting structures, lodgings and transportation links.<br />
To transform the city into an Olympic hub, the hosts spent approximately $150 million – or the equivalent of around $347 million now – developing the necessary sporting structures, lodgings and transportation links.<br />
In the city itself, the five rings of the Olympics logo were placed on a central tower, and the Zetra facility was erected for skating events. Indeed, Sarajevans were very proud of their successful Olympic bid.<br />
Forty-nine countries went on to field 998 male and 274 female athletes over the course of 39 events during the games. T
    Exclusivepix_Sarajevos_War_Ravaged_W...jpg
  • The Haunting Remains of Sarajevo’s War-Ravaged Winter Olympics Venue<br />
<br />
From an altitude of 1,600 feet on Mount Trebević, the sight of Sarajevo to the north is truly superb. However, the Bosnian capital is a long way off, and its bustling streets are a far cry from the scenery surrounding this vantage point. Here, decaying slabs of concrete wrestle with vegetation as nature attempts to reclaim a long-empty structure. The colorful designs of local graffiti artists also decorate the man-made construction – as do, upon closer inspection, the traces of war.<br />
<br />
These are the ruins of Sarajevo’s 1984 Winter Olympics bobsleigh and luge track, and its bare bones tell a grim tale. The tens of thousands of excited, expectant spectators who turned up to watch a record-breaking number of competing countries are long gone. Today the site is only eerie and silent and acts as a stark reminder of the destruction wrought by conflict.<br />
<br />
In 1978 it was decided that the 14th Winter Olympic Games would be held in Sarajevo, and the choice was a significant one. It was to be the inaugural winter Olympic competition to be staged in a Communist nation and represented a neutral location in a world still in the throes of the Cold War.<br />
To transform the city into an Olympic hub, the hosts spent approximately $150 million – or the equivalent of around $347 million now – developing the necessary sporting structures, lodgings and transportation links.<br />
To transform the city into an Olympic hub, the hosts spent approximately $150 million – or the equivalent of around $347 million now – developing the necessary sporting structures, lodgings and transportation links.<br />
In the city itself, the five rings of the Olympics logo were placed on a central tower, and the Zetra facility was erected for skating events. Indeed, Sarajevans were very proud of their successful Olympic bid.<br />
Forty-nine countries went on to field 998 male and 274 female athletes over the course of 39 events during the games. T
    Exclusivepix_Sarajevos_War_Ravaged_W...jpg
  • The Haunting Remains of Sarajevo’s War-Ravaged Winter Olympics Venue<br />
<br />
From an altitude of 1,600 feet on Mount Trebević, the sight of Sarajevo to the north is truly superb. However, the Bosnian capital is a long way off, and its bustling streets are a far cry from the scenery surrounding this vantage point. Here, decaying slabs of concrete wrestle with vegetation as nature attempts to reclaim a long-empty structure. The colorful designs of local graffiti artists also decorate the man-made construction – as do, upon closer inspection, the traces of war.<br />
<br />
These are the ruins of Sarajevo’s 1984 Winter Olympics bobsleigh and luge track, and its bare bones tell a grim tale. The tens of thousands of excited, expectant spectators who turned up to watch a record-breaking number of competing countries are long gone. Today the site is only eerie and silent and acts as a stark reminder of the destruction wrought by conflict.<br />
<br />
In 1978 it was decided that the 14th Winter Olympic Games would be held in Sarajevo, and the choice was a significant one. It was to be the inaugural winter Olympic competition to be staged in a Communist nation and represented a neutral location in a world still in the throes of the Cold War.<br />
To transform the city into an Olympic hub, the hosts spent approximately $150 million – or the equivalent of around $347 million now – developing the necessary sporting structures, lodgings and transportation links.<br />
To transform the city into an Olympic hub, the hosts spent approximately $150 million – or the equivalent of around $347 million now – developing the necessary sporting structures, lodgings and transportation links.<br />
In the city itself, the five rings of the Olympics logo were placed on a central tower, and the Zetra facility was erected for skating events. Indeed, Sarajevans were very proud of their successful Olympic bid.<br />
Forty-nine countries went on to field 998 male and 274 female athletes over the course of 39 events during the games. T
    Exclusivepix_Sarajevos_War_Ravaged_W...jpg
  • The Haunting Remains of Sarajevo’s War-Ravaged Winter Olympics Venue<br />
<br />
From an altitude of 1,600 feet on Mount Trebević, the sight of Sarajevo to the north is truly superb. However, the Bosnian capital is a long way off, and its bustling streets are a far cry from the scenery surrounding this vantage point. Here, decaying slabs of concrete wrestle with vegetation as nature attempts to reclaim a long-empty structure. The colorful designs of local graffiti artists also decorate the man-made construction – as do, upon closer inspection, the traces of war.<br />
<br />
These are the ruins of Sarajevo’s 1984 Winter Olympics bobsleigh and luge track, and its bare bones tell a grim tale. The tens of thousands of excited, expectant spectators who turned up to watch a record-breaking number of competing countries are long gone. Today the site is only eerie and silent and acts as a stark reminder of the destruction wrought by conflict.<br />
<br />
In 1978 it was decided that the 14th Winter Olympic Games would be held in Sarajevo, and the choice was a significant one. It was to be the inaugural winter Olympic competition to be staged in a Communist nation and represented a neutral location in a world still in the throes of the Cold War.<br />
To transform the city into an Olympic hub, the hosts spent approximately $150 million – or the equivalent of around $347 million now – developing the necessary sporting structures, lodgings and transportation links.<br />
To transform the city into an Olympic hub, the hosts spent approximately $150 million – or the equivalent of around $347 million now – developing the necessary sporting structures, lodgings and transportation links.<br />
In the city itself, the five rings of the Olympics logo were placed on a central tower, and the Zetra facility was erected for skating events. Indeed, Sarajevans were very proud of their successful Olympic bid.<br />
Forty-nine countries went on to field 998 male and 274 female athletes over the course of 39 events during the games. T
    Exclusivepix_Sarajevos_War_Ravaged_W...jpg
  • The Haunting Remains of Sarajevo’s War-Ravaged Winter Olympics Venue<br />
<br />
From an altitude of 1,600 feet on Mount Trebević, the sight of Sarajevo to the north is truly superb. However, the Bosnian capital is a long way off, and its bustling streets are a far cry from the scenery surrounding this vantage point. Here, decaying slabs of concrete wrestle with vegetation as nature attempts to reclaim a long-empty structure. The colorful designs of local graffiti artists also decorate the man-made construction – as do, upon closer inspection, the traces of war.<br />
<br />
These are the ruins of Sarajevo’s 1984 Winter Olympics bobsleigh and luge track, and its bare bones tell a grim tale. The tens of thousands of excited, expectant spectators who turned up to watch a record-breaking number of competing countries are long gone. Today the site is only eerie and silent and acts as a stark reminder of the destruction wrought by conflict.<br />
<br />
In 1978 it was decided that the 14th Winter Olympic Games would be held in Sarajevo, and the choice was a significant one. It was to be the inaugural winter Olympic competition to be staged in a Communist nation and represented a neutral location in a world still in the throes of the Cold War.<br />
To transform the city into an Olympic hub, the hosts spent approximately $150 million – or the equivalent of around $347 million now – developing the necessary sporting structures, lodgings and transportation links.<br />
To transform the city into an Olympic hub, the hosts spent approximately $150 million – or the equivalent of around $347 million now – developing the necessary sporting structures, lodgings and transportation links.<br />
In the city itself, the five rings of the Olympics logo were placed on a central tower, and the Zetra facility was erected for skating events. Indeed, Sarajevans were very proud of their successful Olympic bid.<br />
Forty-nine countries went on to field 998 male and 274 female athletes over the course of 39 events during the games. T
    Exclusivepix_Sarajevos_War_Ravaged_W...jpg
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