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Law enforcement agencies record about 300 infiltrations to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone annually.{{citation needed|date=October 2011}}
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* The Movie [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon]] was partially located at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station. The enemy machines had found this as a place to hide as nobody had ever been there in a long period of time. Soldiers were sent in to recover state secrets about what had actually happened on the moon landing.
*A [[science fiction]] [[video game]] series named ''S.T.A.L.K.E.R.'' by Ukrainian developer [[GSC Game World]] is set in the Zone of Alienation around Chernobyl (known as merely 'The Zone' within the games). It consists of the games ''[[S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl|Shadow of Chernobyl]]'' (2007), ''[[S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky|Clear Sky]]'' (2008), and ''[[S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat|Call of Pripyat]]'' (2010). Authentic photos and video footage from the zone were rendered into the graphics used in the games.<ref>[http://www.stalker-game.com/en/?page=dev_diary&item=3 S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl]</ref> The game was partially inspired by ''[[Stalker (movie)|Stalker]],'' a 1979 film directed by [[Andrei Tarkovsky]], based on a 1972 novel by [[Boris and Arkady Strugatsky]] entitled ''[[Roadside Picnic]]'' ., Both film and novelboth describe a mysterious and forbidden "zone", depopulated of human life by a disaster ascribed to pollution caused by an occasional "road stop" of [[Extraterrestrial life|aliens ]]. ContraryAdditionally, toone popularof belief,the last shots of the powermovie plantdepicts depicteda Soviet-style industrial building somewhat resembling the [[Chernobyl Power Plant]], in onea ofnatural the___location lastsimilar shotsto the Zone of alienation. This prompted a popular belief that visionary Tarkovsky 's filmhas is[[prophesy|prophesized]] notthe Chernobyl ; mostaccident ofas the moviefilm was inshot earlier. In fact , the scene was shot in [[Estonia]].<ref>[http://www.geopeitus.ee/?p=350&c=335 Geopeitus.ee :: Tarkovski<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~tstronds/nostalghia.com/TheTopics/Stalker/sharun.html [ Nostalghia.com | The Topics :: Sharun - In Stalker Tarkovsky foretold Chernobyl ]<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ▼
A [[science fiction]] [[video game]] series named ''[[S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl|S.T.A.L.K.E.R.]]'' by Ukrainian developer [[GSC Game World]] is set in the Zone of Alienation. Authentic photos and video footage from the zone were rendered into the graphics used in the games.<ref>[http://www.stalker-game.com/en/?page=dev_diary&item=3 S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl]</ref>
* The plot of [[Martin Cruz Smith]]'s [[Arkady Renko]] novel, ''[[Wolves Eat Dogs]]'' is centered on the detective's investigations in Zone, is driven by events connected with the disaster - and much of the book takes place within the Zone itself.
*In 2009 UK director Dave Ma filmed a documentary-style music video in and around the Zone of Exclusion. The video, for UK band Delphic's single '[[This Momentary]]', depicted residents living inside the zone and images of the new settlements around the zone. ▼*The Photobook ''[http://chernobyl1986.tombossi.com/ Chernobyl 1986]'' by Tom Bossi shows images of the exclusion zone and of the abandoned city of Pripyat.
▲*A [[science fiction]] [[video game]] series named ''S.T.A.L.K.E.R.'' by Ukrainian developer [[GSC Game World]] is set in the Zone of Alienation around Chernobyl (known as merely 'The Zone' within the games). It consists of the games ''[[S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl|Shadow of Chernobyl]]'' (2007), ''[[S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky|Clear Sky]]'' (2008), and ''[[S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat|Call of Pripyat]]'' (2010). Authentic photos and video footage from the zone were rendered into the graphics used in the games.<ref>[http://www.stalker-game.com/en/?page=dev_diary&item=3 S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl]</ref> The game was partially inspired by ''[[Stalker (movie)|Stalker]],'' a 1979 film directed by [[Andrei Tarkovsky]], based on a 1972 novel by [[Boris and Arkady Strugatsky]] entitled ''[[Roadside Picnic]]''. Both film and novel describe a mysterious and forbidden "zone", depopulated of human life by a disaster ascribed to pollution caused by an occasional "road stop" of aliens. Contrary to popular belief, the power plant depicted in one of the last shots of Tarkovsky's film is not Chernobyl; most of the movie was in fact shot in [[Estonia]].<ref>[http://www.geopeitus.ee/?p=350&c=335 Geopeitus.ee :: Tarkovski<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~tstronds/nostalghia.com/TheTopics/Stalker/sharun.html [ Nostalghia.com | The Topics :: Sharun - In Stalker Tarkovsky foretold Chernobyl ]<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
*Parts of [[Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare]] take place in the Exclusion Zone, and the "Wasteland" map of [[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2]] as well as the Special Op "Hidden", are based on the Exclusion Zone.
*The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant's destroyed reactor 4, enclosed in its sarcophagus, is also shown in the beginning of 2010 video game, Singularity.
▲*In 2009 UK director Dave Ma filmed a documentary-style music video in and around the Zone of Exclusion. The video, for UK band Delphic's single '[[This Momentary]]', depicted residents living inside the zone and images of the new settlements around the zone.
*In the fictional [[Bob Mayer#Atlantis|Atlantis]] series by [[Bob Mayer|Greg Donegan]], the Chernobyl disaster was caused by a [[Vile Vortices|gate]] opening up nearby.
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