And you're seeing it right now. Beyond the ignominious thoughts that inspires, in the terror that this mass infuses, we must start by saying that the person you are seeing in the photo died, in fact, in a completely despicable act of the absolute disrespect for human dignity, this poor man in a nuclear suit who was sent to take a picture of the object time later, accompanied by other workers who conveniently did not warn them of the danger, died too, as I said before, at this distance it's impossible survive, he managed to get closer by the suit he wore, but even that way he could only get some extra hours of life but what is this thing? And how did It get there, greatest nuclear catastrophe in history occurred in April 26th, 1986 one of the reactors of the nuclear plant exploded, but this was just the beginning, the radioactive componets heated in a way that melted the concrete and the iron of the nuclear chimney and the sand covering that was supposed to block the radioactivity, in seconds a lake of lava penetrated the security compress, it devoured fiercely the gates and then got to the floor, then the aggrieved workers from the sovietic union who knew the biblical proportions disaster this meant decided to stay and try to avoid the damages even at the cost of their lifes, it didn't care if they run, they were already dead, they just had a few hours that tey dedicated to their families so they could scape at time from the now abandoned town of Pripiat.

The radioactive magma that slowly slides through the chimney penetrated the ceiling and started spreading through the inferior floors eating everything in its path, finally the biggest deposit of this bonimable mixture remained here where it would be known because of its form like "Elephant Foot" or "Jellyfish" by the russians.
It's a complex theme but I will try to explain it, the quantity of radiation in the enviroment is measured by a unit system called Roentgenium.

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*15 Roentgenium is a normal level of radiation.
*50 Roentgenium is what you would normally find in laboratories that works with radioactive materials.
*Being exposed to 75 Roentgenium could harm you, you will start having dizziness and vomit.
*100 Roentgenium are capable of causing you hair loss.
*Being exposed to 300 Roentgenium is fatal.
*Being victim of 400 Roentgenium will posion your body in a way that you will only have from 2 to 8 weeks of life.
*600 Roentgenium will cause severe damage to your skin, liver, pancreas, brain, blood, you won't live longer than 2 days
*1000 Roentgenium that is considered as a brutal and strange dosis will destroy your nervous sistem and could kill you in 2 minutes.

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