Angel Orensanz: Russian Radioactive Flames.

Angel Orensanz: Russian Radioactive Flames Story Tuesday
Posted

Angel Orensanz: Russian Radioactive Flames.

First we saw the Kremlin Square and Saint Basil basilica shrouded in heavy smoke coming from the ground, and the distant burning forests. Then the fires moved South, towards Bielorussia and Ukraine, and brought

up to the surface buried radioactive old residues from Chernobil. Thousands of square kilometers of burning forests constitute one of the most frightening sights of our time. The woods in Russia have always exuded an

almost mystical emanation perceptible in their painting, music and literature.