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57º world press photo: (nature - stories) - 2º prémio
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TOXIC BEAUTY 05 September 2013Polkowice, Poland The flotation tailing reservoir at KGHM Polska Miedz copper mine. Tailings are waste streams produced by the process of extracting metal from ore, and consist of crushed rock and chemical effluent, much of it toxic. Views from the air reveal an impact of industry on the environment that is hard to see from the ground, as effluent (...)