How Things Look on Instagram: "Real footage of Chernobyl’s “Elephant’s Foot” does exist, though it’s sparse and heavily controlled due to the extreme radiation. In 1986, crews pushed cameras into access points near the molten corium mass located beneath Reactor 4, capturing the eerie, lava-like structure solidified from molten fuel, concrete, and reactor materials. At the time, radiation levels around the Elephant’s Foot were measured at 8,000 to 10,000 roentgens per hour, enough to deliver a le