Exploring the USSR’s 'Atomic Lake' left after a nuclear blast

'What to do in case of a nuclear strike?' This is not a hypothetical question for those who lived near The Polygon. A former nuclear test site in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, is one of the most nuked areas on our planet. 456 nuclear explosions were carried out in this place during the Soviet era, leaving a massive scar on a chunk of land the size of New Jersey. The Atomic lake, “radioactive gardens", children born with severe disabilities… Check out this episode if you want to see what a post-apocalypse world might look like.