MELISSA FARLOW_MM7139_985667.TIF
Miners traveled underground in Idrija, Slovenia for 500 years to mine mercury. Now with little need for the metal, the mine closed leaving an environmental nightmare. A small crew works to fill in the tunnels to keep heavy metals run off from polluting groundwater. Men take showers after their shift and hang their clothes on hooks.
- Copyright
- MELISSA FARLOW
- Image Size
- 6000x4000 / 137.4MB
- Keywords
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clothing, conservation, construction projects, disasters, environmental conservation, environmental damage, equipment, europe, hardware, industrial laborers, industrial mines, industry and production, laborers, mercury industry and production, nails etc. (hardware), slovenia, water conservation and protection, yugoslavia
- Contained in galleries
- Alps_National Geographic magazine 2/2006
