<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[SwittersB &amp; Exploring]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://swittersb.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[SwittersB &#38; Exploring]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://swittersb.com/author/swittersb/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Nature Reclaims: Pripyat, 25 years&nbsp;later.]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><strong>I was watching a <span style="color:#ff0000;"><a href="http://video.pbs.org/video/2157025070/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;">PBS show on Nature entitled Radioactive Wolves</span></a></span> (watch this is you want to see the 50 minute long episode about the wolves). </strong><strong>Its focus was on wolves and their reemergence in the Chernobyl area 25 years after the nuclear disaster. During the show they showed a town, Pripyat, that is being reclaimed by nature. The images were intriguing as they always are in ghost towns. </strong></p>
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<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>I found a similar video by Matt Smith about Pripyat he filmed in 2011. Watch it and see if you don&#8217;t agree how fascinating the creeping reclamation of nature always is. Won&#8217;t be long until Detroit looks like this. </strong></p>
<h3 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong><a href="http://youtu.be/JVf6nclRTXw" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;">PRIPYAT &amp; Nature Compete</span></a></strong></span></h3>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong><a href="http://video.pbs.org/video/1300615533/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff6600;">OH GEEZE!!!! Lizard Kings&#8230;Awesome too</span></a></strong></span></p>
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