An emergency warning sounded at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine just over 35 years ago, and workers watched in horror as the control screens signaled a huge meltdown.
A reactor overheated, resulting in a blast the size of 500 nuclear bombs, and the incident has left an indelible mark on animals, plants, and even humans; some for the worse, but amazingly, others for the better. What about the rest? Well, you’ll have to see for yourself.