The first photo of Chernobyl on the morning of the nuclear (April 26, 1986). The heavy grain is due to the huge amount of radiation in the air that began to destroy the camera film the second it was close to the reactor and until it got away from the radiation. Photo taken by Igor Kostin.
Smelters at Black Hawk, Colorado ca. 1870.
Pioneer family crossing the Rocky Mountains in the mid-19th century.
A construction worker making preparations for the removal of the original Statue of Liberty torch in 1985. The old torch went on a tour of the US before it was moved to the Statue of Liberty Museum. Photo by Keith Meyers.
