Lake Karachay
Lake Karachay is a radioactive lake in the former Soviet Union. A weapons factory called Mayak Facility suffered from a nuclear explosion here in 1957. The radioactive waves spread particles over 9k square miles.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.