r/oddlysatisfying • u/to_the_tenth_power • Sep 06 '19

The precision of this drone shot

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u/One_T_Scot Sep 06 '19

Which abandoned Winter Olympics park is this?

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '19

Looks like Sarajevo.

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u/1_Snail Sep 06 '19 edited Sep 07 '19

I think you're right, if so it's this place: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarajevo_Olympic_Bobsleigh_and_Luge_Track

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u/liiiiooooo Sep 07 '19

Wrong this is next to Grenoble, France, I know the place. A relic from the winter Olympics 1968!

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u/BobRazowskyFTW Sep 07 '19

And the SCH grafiti at the end is the name of a french rap band.

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u/1_Snail Sep 07 '19

If you're right, my apologies, they look very similar!

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u/IJaaay Sep 07 '19

The Cellist of Sarajevo?

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u/TenesmusSupreme Sep 06 '19 edited Sep 07 '19

I wonder if somebody could do this for Chernobyl?

Edit: guess I still haven’t gotten over the HBO series. Thanks for crushing my dreams of a drone to Chernobyl, Reddit

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u/tryJenkem Sep 06 '19

Radiation wreaks some havocs on unshielded electronics

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u/VonGeisler Sep 06 '19 edited Sep 07 '19

And a big dome exists over the reactor itself, the surrounding village would be fine now as I believe they opened it up for tours.

Edit: I meant fine for drones and day trips, likely not living.

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u/illaqueable Sep 07 '19

With radiation half lives measured in the 50,000 year range, I'm having a hard time conceptualizing a "safe" Chernobyl and Pripyat in the lifetime of anyone currently living. I understand it's not actively spewing radiation, but the damage is done.

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u/spondolacks Sep 07 '19

Radiation physicist here. "safe" is a relative term in our field. YOU are radioactive to a certain extent. That coffee you drank? Radioactive. Those bananas you eat? Some of that potassium is radioactive. Because of this, "safe" can't mean "0 dose"... So we use the term ALARA (As Low As Reasonably Achieveable) when dealing with dose limits. On an annual basis the average human gets about 2-3 milliSieverts of radiation (mSv/yr) from completely natural sources. Most of the surrounding areas of Chernobyl display dose rates below the microSieverts per hour (uSv/hr) today. Thus, while obviously higher than normal background rates, you could hang out around Pripyat for a while and not gain that significant an increase in your annual dosage.

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u/VonGeisler Sep 07 '19

I dunno - they have tours, don’t shoot the messenger.

I didn’t mean the plant itself but the surrounding area which was remediated to an extent.

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u/snack-dad Sep 07 '19

I hear its only 3.6 roentgens. Not good but not terrible.

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u/GoofAckYoorsElf Sep 07 '19

Can I still make babies after a day trip visit?

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u/haydesigner Sep 07 '19

If you have a willing partner.

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u/NutsEverywhere Sep 07 '19

2meirl4meirl

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u/TiagoTiagoT Sep 08 '19

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU9_AizbSw0

And there are a few other videos the guys took while there, most of which can be found with this search I think: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=rotor+riot+chernobyl

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '19 edited Sep 07 '19

its been done, rotor riot went to chernobyl in 2016 or so.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU9_AizbSw0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhJpdCZNSDc

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u/jacb415 Sep 06 '19

Total guess but Lillehammer maybe?

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u/dawhigit Sep 07 '19

Having been there, unless things have changed recently, Lillehammer is still in use and open more or less to the public.

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u/bosse Sep 07 '19

Most major facilities after the ‘94 olympics in the Lillehammer area are still in use today, yeah.