File:Chernobyl Elephant's Foot.jpg

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Description	Artur Korneyev at the extremely radioactive "Elephant's Foot" in Chernobyl
Author or copyright owner	Artur Korneyev
Source ( WP:NFCC#4 )	Original publication: 1996 Immediate source: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-famous-photo-of-chernobyls-most-dangerous-radioactive-material-was-a-selfie
Use in article ( WP:NFCC#7 )	Elephant's Foot (Chernobyl)
Purpose of use in article ( WP:NFCC#8 )	This image illustrates the appearance of the "Elephant's Foot" corium deposit. This helps the reader to know what the Elephant's Foot looks like and learn more about it.
Not replaceable with free media because ( WP:NFCC#1 )	The object in the image is extremely radioactive, so it is impossible for the image to be safely recreated.
Minimal use ( WP:NFCC#3 )	The image will only be used in the Elephant's Foot article and is not of a resolution higher than what is necessary to see the image.
Respect for commercial opportunities ( WP:NFCC#2 )	This image has more educational value than commercial value. The author of the image also has shown no interest in commercializing it.
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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	17:07, 17 April 2022		360 × 274 (57 KB)	LucasKannou (talk \| contribs)	Cropped 1 % horizontally using CropTool with precise mode.
	07:20, 10 November 2019	No thumbnail	365 × 274 (60 KB)	File Upload Wizard

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