“Terraces of Open Pit Mining”Suncor Millenium MineAlberta, Canada2014©
“Terraces of Open Pit Mining”Suncor Millenium MineAlberta, Canada2014© Alex S. MacLean/Landslides Aerial PhotographyThe Suncor company cut down forests and dug up bogs, known as muskeg, that previously covered this land now known as the Millenium Mine. Huge shovels and giant bulldozers carve broad terraces in the ground as they seek out ore hundreds of feet below the surface. In the distance, sunlight glints off tailing ponds, where processing plants dump waste. The forest displaced by this industrial activity once served as home to numerous kinds of trees, caribou, moose, and many other plants and animals. It also stored massive quantities of carbon in peat deposits on the forest surface.Follow @tclfdotorg on #instagram all this week for more images of my work. -- source link
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