Elephant's Foot - One of the most dangerous pictures ever taken - Elephant’s Foot, Chernobyl. I know you chumps like to make jokes about cursed images but this is a genuine life ending photograph

Korneyev’s sense of humor remained intact, though. He seemed to have no regrets about his life’s work. “Soviet radiation,” he joked, “is the best radiation in the world.”

I like this guy.

The photographer is believed to be Artur Korneyev; he's alive as of 2014. Here's an article on him and the photos.