Gallery: Burtynsky's Giant Oil Photos Port to the iPad

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    *OIL FIELDS #27* *Bakersfield, California, USA, 2004* *Photo: Edward Burtynsky*
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    *SHIPBREAKING #11* *Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2000* *Photo: Edward Burtynsky*
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    *SHIPBREAKING #23* *Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2000* *Photo: Edward Burtynsky*
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    *NANPU BRIDGE INTERCHANGE* *Shanghai, China, 2004* *Photo: Edward Burtynsky*
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    *OIL SPILL #10* *Oil slick at rip tide, Gulf of Mexico. June 24, 2010* *Photo: Edward Burtynsky*
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    *OIL SPILL #5* *Q4000 drilling platform, Gulf of Mexico. June 24, 2010* *Photo: Edward Burtynsky*
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    *BONNEVILLE #1* *Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA, 2008* *Photo: Edward Burtynsky*
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    *ALBERTA OIL SANDS #9* *Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, 2007* *Photo: Edward Burtynsky*
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    *OIL FIELDS #19A AND 19B* *Belridge, California, USA, 2003* *Photo: Edward Burtynsky*
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    *PACKARD PLANT #2* *Detroit, Michigan, USA, 2008* *Photo: Edward Burtynsky*
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    *HENRY FORD'S DESIGN STUDIO FOR THE MODEL T, PIQUETTE PLANT* *Detroit, Michigan, USA, 2008* *Photo: Edward Burtynsky*
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    *SOCAR OIL FIELDS #1A and 1B* *Baku, Azerbaijan, 2006* *Photo: Edward Burtynsky*
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