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Aerial view of a drag line that scrapes through rock after a explosives blast away the top of mountains. A fresh snow contrasts the blackened coal that is revealed. Mountaintop removal mining devastates the landscape, turning areas that should be lush with forests and wildlife into barren moonscapes.
- Copyright
- MELISSA FARLOW
- Image Size
- 4432x6498 / 12.5MB
- Keywords
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aerial view, aerial views, cabin creek, coal, coal (mineral), coal industry and production, color image, day, destruction of woodlands, disasters, environmental damage, getty, image setting, image type, industrial mines, industrial view, industrial views, industry, industry and production, minerals, mines, natural forces and phenomena, no people, north america, number of people, outdoors, photography, precipitation, snow, southern states, united states, weather, west virginia, winter view, winter views
- Contained in galleries
- Mountaintop Removal USA_National Geographic magazine 3/2006
