Shadowlands - photographs & stories from Fukushima

Robert Knoth and Antoinette de Jong visited the Fukushima region with Greenpeace in the autumn of 2011 to bear witness to the effects wrought on the region by the nuclear fallout from the triple meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

The shadow of radiation now looms over the people, the animals, and the environment of this area of Japan. Well-kept agricultural land is now becoming wild, children's play areas and petrol stations are contaminated and abandoned, and nature is taking back roads. Each photo captures the eerie beauty of a region left in limbo as radioactive fallout permeates all aspects of life.

This video was produced to accompany the exhibition. The interactive exhibition can be found at www.greenpeace.org/shadowlands.

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[Shedea Greentree]

Allowing adults to run nuclear power stations is just as irresponsible as allowing toddlers to play with matches. But who can stop them?

[swanactive]

We can! ;)

[MrEnergyCzar]

I'm sure Japan raised the limits of what is considered acceptable radiation levels for the air and food supply.... Are those fuel rods still on the top floor of the damaged reactor?

[swanactive]

Maybe inner work is important but it is not the solution, confronting power and the way that it is exercised against us that is what is needed. Political action is essential corporations are functional phsycopaths they do not have higher consciounces that one can appeal to - wake up - resistance is fertile!

[joão Ferreira]

A whitness about is wrong in our world!

Thank You!

João

[1rustyb]

REPOST AND SHARED.

[PeaceProfit]

Am i, the final witness to a dying world which once held the amazing diversity of trillions of hearts beating as one vibrant living organism, it's pure water flowed through endless arteries and powerful spillways of sublime beauty filled the seas and hollows with a gentle commanding embrace, it's clear air once dotted with lofty clouds and promising sun drenched horizons, it's giving soil offered sustainable abundance, i-am the final witness, what do i tell it's Creator of the deed we have done.

[Derek Lui]

There ways to obtain energy,but people are not doing it. Imagine,if every house in North America has solar power roof for electricity/hot water, and geothermal sys connect to our air/heat system, we don't have to depend on nuclear energy or burning fossil fuel that much, until a new technology comes along. This would be the right way to do it. But, Of course, it impacts the profit for utility companies, the government is getting less taxes... Unfortunately,this insane world is killing us slowly.

[lapiveauthentic]

Depuis la découverte de la fission nucléaire dans les années 30-40 on sait que le nucléaire détruit la santé de l'homme...

Malheureusement l''homme est stupide et avide de pouvoir.

Il croit pouvoir tout dominer!

Quel joli résultat!

[ndrthrdr1]

Buy something that is solar powered. That's how the average person can contribute to further research on solar power - more consumer demand equals more research on efficiency and cost reduction. Safe and abundant. Let's use it.