this post was submitted on 18 Aug 2023
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Fake History Porn

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Welcome to /c/fakehistoryporn@lemmy.world , where fake history is made. Find a historically significant photo, come up with a fake history title, post it, laugh.

The name is a reference to the fact that the pictures should be worth marveling at. This is NOT a place for hardcore pornography. Tasteful nudity is fine as long as it fits within the context of the post (please mark it as NSFW).

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[–] Lauchs@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Real photo info: Picture of the "Elephant's foot" which is a melted mess of radioactive fun from Chernobyl post accident.

More info here: https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/the-elephant-foot-of-the-chernobyl-disaster-1986/

[–] NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Probably the last picture that guy ever took.

[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

The article says at that point ('96) a lethal dose would take 500 seconds of exposure. Still not good though.

[–] kspatlas@artemis.camp 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Isn't the term for the melted fuel/reactor bits corium

[–] max@feddit.nl 3 points 2 years ago

It is, though this deposit of Corium is called the elephant’s foot due to its shape.