Apr 20, 2012 6:15 AM

Gallery: The Road Through Chernobyl

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*Testing for radiation – the Journey of Discovery team uses a Geiger counter to check the levels in the exclusion zone around Chernobyl, in the Ukraine.*
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*One of the team on the Journey of Discovery uses a Geiger counter to pick up radiation levels as the group travels through the exclusion zone in Chernobyl.*

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*A sign outside the Chernobyl site warns of the dangers within the exclusion zone, where the Journey of Discovery became the first private vehicle group to explore the area.*
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*An abandoned teddy bear is a poignant memory of the effects on the city of Pripyat of the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl.*

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*An abandoned toy car is just one of many moving monuments to the life-changing moments caused by the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl.*
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*A Land Rover Discovery drives towards eerie silhouettes as the Journey of Discovery makes its way through the exclusion zone in Chernobyl, in the Ukraine.*

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*The Journey of Discovery stops at a derelict Ferris wheel found en route to the Chernobyl exclusion zone.*
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*Team members from the Journey of Discovery walk through the entrance area towards the Chernobyl reactor, in the Ukraine.*

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*A Land Rover Discovery passes silhouette graffiti, which hints at the story behind the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl, as the Journey of Discovery team explores the exclusion zone.*
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*The Land Rover Discovery is checked for radiation as it exits the exclusion zone of Chernobyl on the Journey of Discovery.*

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