Gallery: The Disturbing Beauty of Oil Spills and Industrial Waste
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A petroleum tank in Fort McMurray, Canada, where refineries process oil from tar sands.
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Oil from the BP spill being burned in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Waste rock and tailings at the Kiruna Iron Mine in Kiruna, Sweden.
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Waste from processing of bauxite ore in Darrow, Louisiana.
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These buildings in Burns Harbor in Indiana process iron ore and coke fuel before they're transported to the blast furnaces on the right.
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Glyphosate, an herbicide, manufactured in Luling, Louisiana.
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Sludge collected from coal combustion in Nowe Czarnowo, Poland.
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An open-pit copper mine in Hurley, New Mexico.
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Red mud waste material in a water slurry in Gramercy, Louisiana.
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A collection pit in Springville, Pennsylvania, containing chemicals used during drilling and ground rock.