![Chernobyl's intensely radioactive 'elephant's foot' lava recreated in the lab | Research | Chemistry World Chernobyl's intensely radioactive 'elephant's foot' lava recreated in the lab | Research | Chemistry World](https://d2cbg94ubxgsnp.cloudfront.net/Pictures/2000xAny/3/1/1/503311_gettyimages590676199_276385.jpg)
Chernobyl's intensely radioactive 'elephant's foot' lava recreated in the lab | Research | Chemistry World
![The photo above is the closest humanity has ever come to creating Medusa. If you were to look at this, you would die instantly. End of story. The image is of a The photo above is the closest humanity has ever come to creating Medusa. If you were to look at this, you would die instantly. End of story. The image is of a](https://imageproxyb.ifunny.co/crop:x-20,resize:640x,quality:90x75/images/7ffd40cdcff7da34802fb59fdf0cb680d4350cde384d0fa68931c3b50112276f_1.jpg)
The photo above is the closest humanity has ever come to creating Medusa. If you were to look at this, you would die instantly. End of story. The image is of a
![Conference: Fallout: Chernobyl and the Ecology of Disaster - Interdisciplinary Humanities Center UCSB Conference: Fallout: Chernobyl and the Ecology of Disaster - Interdisciplinary Humanities Center UCSB](https://ihc.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Chernobyl_Conference_Event.jpg)
Conference: Fallout: Chernobyl and the Ecology of Disaster - Interdisciplinary Humanities Center UCSB
![This is a slide I obtained from the Russians. It shows what is called “elephant's foot.” It is melted Uranium fuel in the levels below the Chernobyl reactor. Chernobyl, Ukraine, 1986 Copyright This is a slide I obtained from the Russians. It shows what is called “elephant's foot.” It is melted Uranium fuel in the levels below the Chernobyl reactor. Chernobyl, Ukraine, 1986 Copyright](https://preview.redd.it/nldkv1j55j041.jpg?auto=webp&s=32e4f18b048987b00db4f88967f801287f763483)