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Is it ok if i found a pocket of uranium in my backyard? I only used it for a breeder reactor is that dangerous?
Це Україна
Also the secret place where your friend said he got 20,000 is in the bunker of the Pripyat hospital
Hey guys you should have a gas mask when walking around i know that there's a lower level of radiation, but radioactive dust is still in the air.
The fact that we get free documentaries on Clip-Share by Yes Theory is truly a gift.
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@Quicksmile nathan vice is all lies😂
Chernobyl does not forgive jokes !
Yep it really is a gift
Free docs about some of the most random and amazing shit imaginable
The creepiest part of it is how untouched most of it seems. Normally after a place is abandoned, it would be totally looted and picked over. Here though it’s as if they everyone got up and left just yesterday, you could even see what the kids were studying the day they left
@Patricia van de Molegraaf I didn't see the movie but
remember that it was fiction.Not very many people lost lives or
were even sickened.Did the movie reveal that the first 3 plants
continued to operate for 14 more years without any ill effects?
I was exactly 3 weeks old when this happened.
I’m now 36 and i have all kinds of physical problems… crohn’s disease, bad artritis and several other chronic diseases.
I always make fun of it by joking Tsjernobyl happened in my birthyear/month and my parents planned me at the wrong time.
I just saw the Chernobyl series on HBO…it shocked me.
I feel so sorry for all the people that lost their lives and all the lies that were told.
It’s a horrible disaster..
I’m not going to make fun of it anymore 😢 poor people!
@Rick Baldwin the people keeping watch aren't there 24/7, they would take it in turn. The old woman was one of 13 who returned. She is the only one still alive. Who's to say she isn't riddled with cancer? When the Russians took the city of Chernobyl earlier in February of this year, soldiers were getting sick from radiation poisoning, a few died from it and by April the Russians had abandoned it and it's now back in Ukraine's possession. The radiation levels just under the surface in the soil are still astronomical. The radiation levels in the dust are still astronomical. That is what poisoned the Russian soldiers. The area of the exclusion zone isn't safe to live in, it's why it's called the exclusion zone.
@Gary Maidman There are people keeping watch on the reactor,the other
3 operated for 14 more years and there were a few hold outs like the old lady
who seem to have no ill effects.There would be more if it were allowed.
@Rick Baldwin the law is keeping people away for safety reasons. There is so much radiation in the area that it isn't safe. The guide even said this in the video. Visiting a place for short periods and living in a place are two different things. Scientists have said that it will take 20,000 years for Pripyat and surrounding areas to be at safe enough radiation levels to be habitable.
As a Russian, hearing her say “I plant my potatoes here I can’t leave.” Was the most Eastern European thing I’ve ever heard😂😂
@jane vi where are you from
So maybe you and the other Russians can leave her and the other Ukrainians alone and stop invading people. Who knows if she is safe now.
@xXxFroZty lmao
@michael sccot so!???! It was just a compliment 😆
The most Russian thing I’ve ever heard in my life, “I been here 10 years and I’m still fine, yeah I drink too much vodka and I glow at night but that’s fine”… I almost died laughing so hard 😂😂😂💀💀💀 most Russian thing I’ve ever heard in my whole life lol
I hope grandma is keeping safe during these trying times :'(
Shes a trooper. She even survived COVID
@Nameless Voice
there’s a documentary about them can’t mind the name but is about chernobyl babushkas there was about 6 of them
I just read an article that said all the chernobyl babushkas survived the invasion😍
Not like the russians are gonna go straight through a random backyard
I’d love to know if she survived the Russian invasion. Hope she made it.
" I started glowing at night and i dghrink too much vodka but am fine " - This man is not only brave as hell but witty and hilarious. One of the most interesting facts about this channel that you guys have the best company in your travels like it's all meant to be.
I know it’s a completely different situation, but as someone who underwent radiotherapy this is one of the few places on earth I would never ever go. Nope thanks.
@Mr. Sedaris Google exists
@David Dölker You can heal radiation with vodka in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R games
@David Dölker oh man, that sounds so interesting. if you have any articles about that, is it alright if you send some over?? stuff like this always intrigues me
Drinking actually helps reduce the effects of radiation. A few years ago I read about one of the doctors treating people from Hiroshima (in Hiroshima) after the bomb fell. He said he was so overwhelmed by all the human suffering, that the only way he could cope and operate on radiation and burn victims was by being continuously drunk. He is one of the few people still alive and healthy at the time I read this and much of it was attributed to the amount of sake he consumed that day.
This has to feel surreal for Thomas right now, considering Russia just took over Chernobyl. Wishing safety for those in Chernobyl and the rest of Ukraine. 💔
@Смуратный Вох yea now again. But during the ogoing war russians had control for it over a small period
@bobucc man What is wrong? Chernobyl is controlled by Ukraine, everything is safe there.
Chernobyl Ukrainian
I remember Chernobyl like it happened yesterday, I was 11 years old and lived in southern Poland at that time. When the news broke out our parents were encouraged to take all their children to their local school to take liquid iodine to prevent radiation damage. But only children were allowed to take it because there was not enough iodine to go around. I was horrified that my parents would die and leave my sister and me as orphans. I remember my mom did not allow us to go anywhere for two weeks and we were not allowed to open the doors or windows.
We also experienced it too in 2020. Staying indoors and going out quickly to scout for food in a ghost town. I just cant forget.
I was in eastern poland and I remember that too.. standing in a que for a shot of iodine in the middle of the night at local pharmacy. I was small but I still remember that fear between adults..
@Polish American Mom are you my sister? Lol. Your story is so similar to mine. With that difference, that my dad actually passed away from cancer, maybe Charnobyl had sth to do with ir
Wow, so people in Poland have been informed. My mum is and also my teachers were always recalling that in Czechoslovakia there was no information about it.
I guess your lucky to have survived same as your parents.
I love how happy the old woman is to have people over it wardens my heart
@Ukrainian Grandma That is really disrespectful
She's felt like my babushka they would of had to drag me out of there
Jesus Christ died for your ssiiinnsss please turn to him the kingdom of heaven is at hand
@wan terbaik Я годую їх картоплею і розповідаю історії
Shes feeding all russian and ukranian soldiers as we speak. They were fighting all over country except in this grandma house, where they sit together and talk about potato trees shes raising
Great documentary 🙌🏼
as a Ukranian seeing this babushka say "motherland" just made me bawl. we left Ukraine 21 years ago but my grandma to this day speaks about the motherland.
@Spode 😃
@Vitia228 that's good to hear!
@Spode I'm doing well
@Quintin Reid aww thanks
hope your family is safe! in this times.
Here after the announcement that the city of Chernobyl is now under attack. My heart is hurting for those in this video that are now under attack. I seriously can’t stop thinking of them.
@Manuel de Sousa you have proved my point then.
@Gary Maidman she was 88 at the time of this video
@22martinez1 unless she's on her 90s, she wouldn't have lived through Holodomor. Definitely nothing before then.
The Russkis made the Ukes maintaining it keep working.
@Memerax People are able to live there its just the war today.
Thank you for this incredible video!! So interesting and so well made! 👏🏼
Tjenare jonna!
@Shelby he wasn’t talking to you...
@Yes TheoryYou guys are the best. You guys are the absolute best. You guys are inspiring as heck. I was an introvert and always used to prefer not to take much risks in life, it all changed once I started watching your videos. Love you guys so much ❤
@Hudson thx
Love your videos!!
My father leaved in Pripyat with his family at the time, fortunately he was away when the explosion happened. It is a strange feeling for him to know that his home is still there probably with their belongings and he'll never go there again. However, this resulted in him, my grandparents and my aunts moving to Crimea, where he met my mother, whose family was relocated there after Leninokan earthquake in Armenia. It's just crazy how they met each other both being victims of disasters. 🤯
His apartment is probably in ruins like the rest of the apartments their.
one was natural and one was nuclear
The ending was surprisingly wholesome.
Just proves how bad situations can lead to great outcomes.
While what happened in Chernobyl was such a tragedy, I admit that I’m kinda fascinated by how nature found a way to take back the land, an interesting look into what earth would look like if ppl all of a sudden went extinct
it probably wouldnt look this way if they didnt do such a good job on clean up.
@Wicket so thats why cyberpunk 2077 looks so good
I agree, I find it very interesting to learn about the event and its liquidation. An interesting aspect is that they plan to have reactor 4 dismantled by 2065
Exactly!
I am so sad at what is happening in Ukraine ...brought me back to this video. my heart and prayers go out to all the locals. this is heartbreaking....
This place is the closest thing to time travelling we will get. For now.
@Deadhead Will yeah it is, I’ve luckily been there once, I was too stupid to know anything though.
i always heard cuba is like going through a time machine aswell, since they couldnt trade for many years
@JagoIf you knew even one iota of the bullshit protocols that we have to tolerate, you would refer to us more respectfully as “time professionals.”
Fun fact: If time travel ever will exist theres time travelers among us right now
No their are many time capsules
12:35 I hope the woman is safe now after all that is happening in Ukraine, especially Russia capturing the Chernobyl area.
@samaliia so sad what is happening their now
My Dad was one of the bus drivers that was evacuating the city of Pripyat. Two years later I was born I remember my medical history book had this radioactive symbol on it. During the summers growing up I would get state paid camping vacations.
@Dani Gonzalez Soviet cartman
@costine 2016 Not to test effects! That symbol meant that this child needed special medical attention because of a family history of radiation exposure.
@kim jong un as a compensation
@Serenity Rogers what a crazy idea. Paid summer vacations were a form of compensation aimed to improve health of the kids of immediate victims
@Akira Ackerman you are right, that was some kind of compensation
It’s really sad that our earth is billions of years old and within a few thousand years of humans being here we’ve already made part of it uninhabitable
@Damon we have been around for 6 million years
@ren got this too.
@Dan G got it.
My family was from Chernobyl and this a extremely emotional video for me, It’s sad seeing what happened to my home
More power to you brother take care of yourself love from india 🇮🇳
Well , everything happens for the best brother...god bless , take care : )
@squishywaifu26 🙏
I’m so sorry, it’s so different for people like myself where we see videos like these and it feels so otherworldly and surreal. But many are so closely tied to these stories and it’s much more of a personal story. God bless 🙏🏼
I flew to Chernobyl in November just because of this video and it was such a eye opening experience. I am extremely grateful that i made the decision to go see it. It hurts even more now to see what’s happening there, when you met all the kind people. Hoping this will end soon.
The growth you've made as a storyteller, paired with the combinations of musical scoring, over some seriously astounding video footage is inspiring! I'm proud for you all to have made such dramatic leaps and bounds in your creative process while inspiring so many to live outside their routines. Yes Theory has truly been some of the most inspiring, emotional, and entertaining content I've had the pleasure to watch. It has already led me to seek a bit more discomfort in my life and I am excited to make it more of my routine! Thank you!
I hope the locals in this video are okay, the mere possibility of anything bad having happened to these wonderful people makes my heart crumble 🥺
Ik I been crying like the grandma is such an angel ♥️♥️♥️
"She's insistent on feeding us."
It's safe to say that grandmas of all cultures are the same. They love cooking a meal for others.
Very wholesome.
Jesus Christ died for your ssiiinnsss please turn to him the kingdom of heaven is at hand
Mmmmm radioactive banana bread 🍞 😂👍 I'm sure it's not, but I couldn't help but think about that for a second. But do I really want to eat the food you made here??? 🧐
@mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm not only slavic. My grandmother received people like they were her grandchildren. I hate how unfair life is by taking her away from us when she got terrible Alzheimer.
* all slavic grandmas
@Lanne you just insulted 300 Million people 🤣
Wow. The way you found the content of the pool from before the disaster, to showing it now is incredible. A+ work.
My grandparents who still lived in Russia at the time would always tell me how for years after the incident their village had unusually large crops and how they all thought it was some sort of miracle but now in hindsight she realises they were probably just mutated from the radiation
They would also not let their animals drinks from natural water supplies like lakes and rivers in case they were contaminated
After binge watching your channel for the past week I have learned 2 things: humanity is resilient and hope is the best medicine for the soul. Everywhere you go that from the outside just seems desolate and depressing, you find people with overwhelming amounts of optimism and kindness. Your channel shows the light that lives in humans all over the world. Thank you for filming your experiences around the world and showing the beauty and likeness in humans everywhere❤
I remember as a kid, my parents told me about Chernobyl, and just it’s disastrous impact. I distinctly remember when I asked my dad why? Just trying to understand how something so horrible could possibly be allowed to happen, my dads face just took on this sullen look and with the most somber tone he simply replied “I don’t know” this was truly Something I realized was beyond the scope of not only my own comprehension, but that of my parents as well. It kills me to think about. This was such an amazing video, truly.
“50,000 people used to live here…” I really was waiting for him to finish it with “now it’s a ghost town”
As a Ukrainian, I really appreciate how you approached Chernobyl with respect and curiosity. It’s amazing to see how the city looks today, and acknowledge the role of this disaster in the country’s history. The cinematography and story of the video was simply amazing, well done to everyone involved.
дякую! З найкращими побажаннями!
Ps. That baba (babushka) is a true representative of the Ukrainian spirit, and hearing her story made me so happy - she reminds me of my grandma :)
@Vibe_Musix some russian vibes with a ukrainian language?you must be part ukrainian then
@Vibe_Musix tomatoes 🤮
She gave me some Russian vibes too, like my grandma. Always making борщ and forgetting that I don’t eat tomatoes 😂
Yes well documented.
So amazing to see grandmas all over the world have the same warm, lovely and welcoming spirit, absolutely adorable 🥰
Watching this video makes me feel overwhelmed. The history about this place is super interesting and the stories of its people are incredibly inspiring and touching. You guys did a fantastic job with this video, the footage, the edit and the story telling are absolutely incredible, I'm surprised.
My town has 45,000 people. Chernobyl had 5,000 more. I can't imagine evacuating the entire city, never to return. Apartments, the hospital, the school, all left like the people just vanished. I can't imagine what it was like for the people who lived there.
Pripriyat had 50,000 people. Chernobyl is a completely different city that was not evacuated. It lies outside, to the south, the exclusion zone.
I keep coming back to this film. The mood, the music, the old videoclips combined with the abandonded city, the narration - it just gets me every time. Really nails the tragic atmosphere and history of Chernobyl. Thank you for making this.
Praying for Misha and his family and everyone else in this video and all the people of Ukraine 🙏💞
These episodes are MOVIES!! Editors need a raise, holy crap!
Jesus Christ died for your ssiiinnsss please turn to him the kingdom of heaven is at hand
facts!!
totes
The drone footage was incredible! & the editing/storyline. You all did a fantastic job with this one 🙌🏼
My heart goes out to the lives lost in ukraine today. 🇺🇦
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Jesus Christ died for your ssiiinnsss please turn to him the kingdom of heaven is at hand
🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🙏🙏🙏💔
I’ve seen that tour guide in a few Clip-Share videos. He seems nice. Hopefully he’s okay after everything that had happened in Ukraine.
YOOOO the camera shots,the music,the stories feels like im watching a movie
I too got the same feeling...
Ailsa Ni I approve this comment.
Kudos to Misha for being such a nice and fun tour guide
Its so surreal to see that everything was used and all of a sudden abandoned
They cleared most of the people out of the zone but there were two out of the four reactors that were undamaged and still producing power for another FIFTEEN years.
A bit reminiscent of Pompeii (minus the mummified/magmafied? bodies of people of course)...
Reminds me of my ex
Just like me :(
Man. I would love to go and interview those who lived through it.
My husband works at a nuclear facility here in GA and my biggest fear is something like this happening & losing him and the entire CSRA (Central Savannah River Area).
What a sweet old lady she is i hope she's still doing good
As someone who was born in Ukraine, I am so happy to see you covering some very important history.
I’ve seen many Chernobyl documentaries and every single time I find something new out... thank you for this, it was truly amazing and left me in tears 💛
February 24 2022 I’m thinking and praying for these beautiful souls. I hope they were able to get out before it was taken over.
🙏🏾
Jesus Christ died for your ssiiinnsss please turn to him the kingdom of heaven is at hand
Can we just take a minute to appreciate how warm and genuine these people are. Real people not a selfish bones in their bodies.
@Dyslexic Mitochondria Omg Hi bro!! i watch your channeI. Love your videosss
And editing is top notch too
keep doing what your doing guys, discovered your channel a few weeks back and haven't been able to stop, I love people like you guys, always willing to treat everyone with respect and love. full of the adventure spirit that's so lost in our society today. thank you!
We need to start a petition to get yes theory on Netflix!
Why? We get this here, and for free
Talking to a liquidator is such an honor having talked to one myself out of sheer luck they have amazing story’s and it’s a shame many people don’t know what happened in Chernobyl
Thank you for making documentaries like this. Appreciate you and your team
Misha is such a sweet guy he has so much energy lol I've seen him in exploring with josh when he went there and sam and colby
Okay, I am sorry but what the fuck. The cinematography, stories told, even the mere idea are INSANE like you guys should make literal movies!!!!
Jesus Christ died for your ssiiinnsss please turn to him the kingdom of heaven is at hand
@Gurleen Kaur np :)
@𝙳.𝙰. 𝚔𝚒𝚍✍︎ okay thanks! i will def check it out
@Gurleen Kaur the battle of Chernobyl but there are like over 20 other documentaries
@𝙳.𝙰. 𝚔𝚒𝚍✍︎ what is it called?
I'm sooo thankful that there are people like you that make documentaries like this and it's for free
This is absolutely amazing. Was it safe for you to be walking around all the radioactive areas? It was very interesting but I’m not sure it was worth the risk. And that has nothing to do with just getting out of your comfort zone. It makes me worry about you
I had the opportunity to go to Chernobyl in 2018, and one of the things that definitely surprised me, was how quiet it was. I live in Denmark myself, and there are literally nowhere here, where you can experience true quiet nature. Most people don't realise you can always hear a distant motor, an airplane 30 kilometers away, humming electronics or similiar. In Chernobyl there is nothing like that, and thus you can enjoy the true sound of nature.
This is what a post apocalyptic landscape would look like. Peaceful Eerie and pure solitude
This is what i love about yes theory, when they explore places they don't do it on a surface level, they talk to people and bring light to their experiences and beliefs. I've been binge watching their videos since i discovered their channel two weeks ago. I can't believe I'm watching it for free, i feel like i should pay for it because it is THAT GOOD.
As someone who’s so much into scoring and sound design, I just want to say that please give your editor a massive raise because damn.
I think i remember them saying they edit themselves or they edit also get some help.
I truly believe that feeding someone is caring for them, showing respect for their well being and sharing 💛 that babushka was golden ✨
There is actually a game based of Chernobyl, it’s called lost river in WolfQuest. You can find many clues about its history and what happened in the game, all while playing as a wolf that had been mutated by the radiation. Definitely recommend.
This has always been taught to us in history books in the United States but to see the reality of it and your courage and bravery for going over there to film- thank you. This is truly like a movie and it warms my heart with all the emotion I feel while watching your adventure. Thank you!
I have come back to comment after watching this video over a month ago, I am keeping this beautiful lady in my thoughts at the moment. With the recent attack close to Chernobyl, I know she will have to leave her home once again…. Incredibly heartbreaking 💔
The story and footage of this video is amazing ❤
These documentaries are better then the ones you have to pay for on NETFLIX.
no one can beat david attenborough
fax
@Niko …
@K63 SPORTS🔥 No, she is dead.
Been binge watching episodes today ( and subscribed) this one really made an impression for 2 reasons: 1. The scale of the disaster which comes through clearly. 2. That this facility is the focus of attacks by Russian forces. It's just craziness.
I am a serious convert to your channel, so wanted to reach out and say thanks.
This was an amazing documentation of the Chernobyl disaster and your videos truly are a work of art! Keep up the amazing film work!
9:06 After this many years of growing up hearing about Cherynobyl this capture of the abandoned City with the plant in the background was probably the first time I got to actually visualize the distance between the two. Incredible footage. Well done!
The videography and editing of this video is top notch. Another great video from Yes Theory!
This is probably my all-time favorite youtube video. The sequence from around 5:30-9:00 is so impressive.
She's 88 years old, amazing how she can live alone in such an environment.
God bless her
Hard times create strong men(or woman in her case).
It's a piece of virgin nature there. There are woods clean of plastic, wildlife is rich and diverse. It is quiet - no mass trafic any near you can hear.
Sometimes travelers come to talk and even maybe help. There is kinda local community of workers, ecologists, stalkers, etc. They're helping each other.
maybe you can get positive effects from radiation lol
Built different
So great seeing you cover this! Although nuclear bombs are quite different from nuclear accidents, I really hope you'll give some coverage to Hiroshima and Nagasaki one day. Your documentaries are really incredible and shed light to some amazing topics!
Misha and babushka are characters and I love them! Such lovely people!! Great vid guys I loved seeing the jumps from the old 1980's clips to now it's so crazy seeing the differences. R.I.P to all those lost souls who died due to the disaster.
The somber atmosphere portrayed in the video really reminds one of just how fragile life can be.
Guys, this is just AMAZING! Thank you so much for such a high quality content
The drone shots gave me goosebumps.... Overwhelming and eerie at the same time. And grandma is a real sweetheart! I just paused trying to predict the reaction when she offered food. Anyways great documentary- thank you!
Its fascinating to me that everything that we see here, is exactly as it has been for the past 35 years. Pretty much everything is in the same state as people left if in that chaos in 1986.. This town is like a time machine..
I think you mean time capsule
@LUNE44 See, I was curious when they showed the school because, I know if I went, I would have taken a book or two, or SOMETHING. But then I finally realized that it would all be contaminated and I do not know how to store radioactive materials.
thats what people think. in reality, most of the stuff that was there has been taken, and lots of the things that are there are brought by photographers. but yeah, there will be a few things there that havent moved for 35 years
The most well made videos/documentaries in Clip-Share made by Yes Theory! Like... this video gave me CHILLS, because of those sound effects and the history of that place! Love from Finland!
Goosebumps... amazing video, especially after watching the entire season of Chernobyl, watching it irl just hits different, the fact that he's really there... between those Pripyat buildings and u can actually see the dome that covers the explosion...damn
The before and after shots are the saddest to witness. I have watched many urban explorers do these comparisons and its always heart breaking to see. Your videos are awesome the footage is beyond amazing. You dare to go where not a lot of explorers will go especially to Chernobyl ... our world has such a sad past with the saddest events in our histories. Great footage and content i love your channel guys .. The old lady is such a sweetheart and so welcoming. Her hospitality had no limits they love their babushka/vodka. God bless her and hope she lives the rest of her life happy and healthy. Sooo sweet and the Russian tour man lol he's so jolly I love it as Russians are always portrayed as stern and laughless lol. Omg you have met so many amazingly brave nice people ... I could only wish and pray I could ever do the same xx
this is incredible. we don’t deserve Yes Theory and these free documentaries! thank you guys, seriously.
It's _not_ a documentary. It's interesting, good content, but it is absolutely not a documentary
Man I wish your videos were longer. I love your channel and I just wanna keep watching. Keep it up! Your videos are all so inspirational and beautifully done.
I honestly felt very bad for the grandma. She felt so happy when she finally saw someone
@Tom Schassler she's 88
No, she’s Ukrainian. I speak fluent Russian (since my mother is from there) and understand a lot of Ukrainian (fathers side). The lady wasn’t speaking in Russian, it was harsher and was definitely Ukranian
@Wayne_Twitch Putin is that you? Ukrainians are Russians?
she is meeting tourists every weem actually. more than once per week. they made it to business.
@Tom Schassler no way
You guys are something. I have alot of respect for your content and the effort you guys put into this. From my perspective this is very surreal.
Amazing video as always Yes Theory! Your videos are the kind of documentaries I would love to watch again and again.
I am so happy I came across your youtube channel. you have very unique stories. this one has beautiful video shots. feels like I am also in Chernobyl. high quality content
Dude this was amazing! we need more stories like this
Just wonder as advanced as a place as it was what it would have been in 2022. In the summer it's still ominous so sad that an error and negligence that had taken place that caused the disaster could have been avoided. RIP to all those that gave their lives, lost loved ones and friends. Truly unforgettable
I m Ukrainian and haven’t been home for 2 years. It is really heartwarming to see at least some part of my country on Yes Theory, even though it is such a sad part of our story.
@WPE its not the brotherkilling.There is no brothers for us on that side.And never was throughout history of Ukraine they always attacked us and will never stop.So much for 'brothers'
@Kyle fax
It’s not only a sad part of the Ukrainian history, it’s a sad part of the whole humanity’s history
@Lukas Kopp I wanted to comment about that haaha, but thought whatever
This was an enjoyable episode. It was undoubtedly real. Chernobyl is a story that is sad , but also of bravery, and heroism - A story that should be forcibly taught forevermore to every new generation.
I’ve always wanted to visit Chernobyl ever since this horror movie came out when I was younger. It’s not about the movie, its how beautiful the country looked. I was in awe because it was the first time I’d witnessed nature reclaim what’s hers and adapt as if nothing happened. Their are huge fish, mutated/ evolved animals that roam thru and have been living in the inhabitable zone since it happened. It’s so dope!!
Whats the movie? I wanna watch it too
This reminds me when Sam and Colby did this and they had the same tour guide. And I love the both video's by Yes Theory and by Sam and Colby
Yes theory concepts are getting really really good and interesting. Kudos guys!
This is the most emotional and heart wrenching video i watched on yes theory... kudos boys, for making a beautiful insight into this disaster, which shook the world almost 35 years ago...
Can we just appreciate Cory's amazing cinematography? I love when he is able to come on these adventures, the videos turn out so beautiful!
@Maya Paramita those shots were not done by him, the drone shots were done by a different cinematographer from Ukraine I believe;)
Yup. I'm very impressed when he can navigate the drone getting though the broken window circling the pool and up the high diving place. Smooth. In one shot.
And them recreating shots from original footage to what it is now. Beautifully made.
This tour guide and his energy is such a refreshing contrast to the dim and gloomy tone of this entire video. If I ever visited a place, I would want him to be the tour guide . Cinematography is amazing too 🔥🔥
Wow this was an incredibly well shot and edited piece!
I love the drone shots with the pictures/videos of the town when it was lively to how it looks now. Really cool.