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PRYPYAT, UKRAINE - JUNE, 2006: Aerial views of Prypyat, a joyful town established in 1970 which population of more than 45,000 habitants, seen here on June 1, 2006 inside the Chernobyl exclusion, Ukraine. It is located only about 1.5km from the Chernobyle nuclear power plant, and was entirely evacuated on April 27, 1986, the day after the Chernobyl explosion. Today, it is a ghost town and entry is still forbidden. (Photo by Patrick Landmann/Getty Images)

PRYPYAT, UKRAINE - JUNE, 2006: Aerial views of Prypyat, a joyful town established in 1970 which population of more than 45,000 habitants, seen here on June 1, 2006 inside the Chernobyl exclusion, Ukraine. It is located only about 1.5km from the Chernobyle nuclear power plant, and was entirely evacuated on April 27, 1986, the day after the Chernobyl explosion. Today, it is a ghost town and entry is still forbidden. (Photo by Patrick Landmann/Getty Images)