The Daily Populous Thursday December 12nd, 2024 day edition
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A-Do-Gooder on December 12nd, 2024 at 00:16 UTC »

> The Elephant's Foot is the nickname given to the large mass of corium, composed of materials formed from molten concrete, sand, steel, uranium, and zirconium. The mass formed beneath Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near Pripyat, Ukraine, during the Chernobyl disaster of 26 April 1986, and is noted for its extreme radioactivity. It is named for its wrinkled appearance and large size, evocative of the foot of an elephant.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant%27s_Foot_(Chernobyl)

April_Fabb on December 12nd, 2024 at 00:56 UTC »

Weird fact: scientists have identified several species of so-called radiotrophic fungi that not only survive but potentially thrive in radioactive environments—particularly in the Chernobyl Power Plant.

pyrocidal on December 12nd, 2024 at 01:55 UTC »

...who took the picture?