Eerie photos of abandoned Chernobyl plant show lights still glowing on nuclear control panel: ‘Incredibly sad’

Source: New York Post

It’s a blast from the past. Eerie photos of the infamous nuclear Chernobyl site show the abandoned Ukrainian power plant frozen in time — with a control panel still lit up ahead of the 40th anniversary of the unprecedented disaster. Dusty papers were still scattered across desks that panicked workers abandoned during the catastrophic meltdown near Pripyat — in what was then part of the Soviet Union — on April 26, 1986, photos shot Friday reveal.