Fukushima exclusion zone looks like a post-apocalyptic wilderness
Four years have passed since the devastating Fukushima nuclear leakage accident, yet only 40,000 of the 160,000 people displaced from the 12.5-mile exclusion zone surrounding the nuclear power plant were able to return, as many areas are still considered to be too dangerous to enter.
The exclusion zone today looks like a forgotten, ghost town, with tons of contaminated soil lying untouched and hundreds of abandoned vehicles and homes engulfed by an overgrown forest.
Polish photographer Arkadiusz Podniesinski’s stunning photo project has captured haunting scenes from the zone, offering an insight into how an area devastated and abandoned by man can be reclaimed by nature.