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Haunting images by UK explorer show ghost town of Chernobyl frozen in time

These haunting images show what the ghost town of Chernobyl looks like today.

Nearly 50,000 people living in the city of Pripyat, in northern Ukraine, were forced to evacuate after the explosion of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986.

It has remained uninhabited as Adam Mark, an urban explorer, has visited the exclusion zone just a few days ago.

Adam, 32, told WalesOnline : "You aren't supposed to go there at all because it's just so dangerous.

"The buildings are unstable and the floors are seriously dodgy. Ironically, though, inside is apparently safer than outside because when the explosion happened everyone was told to shut their windows so I'm told there would be more radiation outside than inside

This empty pool with a diving board remains abandoned more than 30 years later (Adam Mark / CATERS NEWS)

"It was all pretty eerie and quite sad really. But the most fascinating building for me was the morgue.

"There were untouched jars full of liquid in there, perfectly preserved."

He has captured chilling footage of the town that looks frozen in time.

One place he visited was a nursery that still had a row of cots, mattresses and dolls in place.

This haunting image shows a doll holding a drawing that may have been made by its owner before they had to evacuate (Adam Mark / CATERS NEWS)

Everyday objects such as toys, books and medicine bottles can still be seen.

In one unsettling image, a doll is holding a child's drawing in a cot - as it may have been laid there by its owner more than 30 years ago.

Other photos show hundreds of creepy-looking gas masks lying scattered on the ground in a massive room.

This image shows a classroom that has been abandoned with the textbooks still open (Adam Mark / CATERS NEWS)
Adam also visited the ferris wheel that was becoming overrun by nature (Adam Mark / CATERS NEWS)

In one image, an empty pool is seen with a rusting interior and the diving boards still intact.

Another creepy photo appears to show an abandoned classroom with the textbooks still left open to where students were learning.

Many locations in the town are being overrun by nature such as theme park rides.

Adam visited the Ferris Wheel where the bright yellow cars can still be seen from high above.

This bumper car has become rusted and overrun by nature as it was abandoned in the 1980s (Adam Mark / CATERS NEWS)

He also took photos of rusted bumper cars as the track was overrun with weeds.

Residents were told they could return after three days, but the Soviet town remains empty.

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