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Eerie photos capture BI's journey into the ghost town near Chernobyl. 50,000 people lived here before nuclear disaster struck.

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Business Insider recently traveled to Pripyat, an abandoned town next to Chernobyl .

At its peak, nearly 50,000 people lived in the city near the Belarusian border.

The city was evacuated the day after the deadly meltdown that killed 30 operators and first responders.

The International Atomic Energy Agency says that the lingering radioactive isotopes in the atmosphere are at tolerable exposure levels.