Photographer Yann-Arthus Bertrand showed a new kind of photography. The earth from a different perspective. Here are some of his shots:
Waste from the copper mine at Chuquicamata, Chile.
"This giant scallop shell is made of earth. A crane deposits the earth in successive, slightly curved lines giving the appearance of sheets of sand lined up side by side. This earth is extracted with the copper, but it is separated from the ore by sieving."
Iraqi tank graveyard in the desert near Al Jahrah, Kuwait.
"In 1991, during the first Gulf War, a million depleted uranium shells were fired at Iraqi forces, spreading toxic, radioactive dust for miles around. Such dust is known to have lasting effects on the environment and to cause various forms of cancer and other serious illnesses among humans."
The Athabasca Oil Sands, Alberta, Canada.
"These oil deposits make up the largest reservoir of crude bitumen in the world, and as recently as 2006, produced over 1 million barrels of crude oil per day."
Confluence of the Rio Uruguay and a tributary, Misiones province, Argentina.
"Drastically cleared to make way for farming, the tropical rainforest of Argentina is now in some areas a less effective defense against erosion than it was in the past. The heavy rains in the province of Misiones (79 inches, per year) wash the soil and carry off significant quantities of iron-rich earth into the Rio Uruguay, turning the waters a dark, reddish color."
Worker resting on bales of cottonTaken in Thonakaha, Korhogo, Ivory Coast. "Cotton crops occupy approximately 335,000 square klilometers worldwide, and use nearly one quarter of all pesticides sold. Read on for more photos."
1 comments:
Let's take our trash and clean up after ourselves. It's such a bad image to see us destroying our own home.
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