Pollution by junge1

Photography • Landscape • posted on Mar 06, 2009

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The Phelps Dodge copper smelter in San Manuel, in the San Pedro River Valley, Arizona. At one time this was the biggest copper mine in the country. Phelps Dodge used to be sneaky about the pollution and only cranked up the emissions during the night and during inclement weather. Someone forgot to lower the emissions output on this otherwise clear morning. The mine closed in 1999 with the loss of over 2,000 jobs and the more than 500-ft. high stacks were brought down in 2007. This picture was taken in fall 1984 and later scanned. Thank you for viewing and commenting on my uploads and a special 'Thank you' to those that may have added some of them to their favs, Sig...

Comments (38)

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ysvry

1:11AM | Fri, 06 March 2009

great foto.

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lyron

1:47AM | Fri, 06 March 2009

Great image. Good shot!!!

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bmac62

1:58AM | Fri, 06 March 2009

Whoa. Great picture to bring back memories. I remember when Pittsburg's steel mills used to look like that years and years ago. In 1950 my father was driving us through Pittsburg on a trip from Ohio to New York in a 1941 Ford...the condenser on the distributor died and so did the car. Black soot fell on us when we got out of the car in the middle of the city. Glad those years are behind us.

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bugatti

2:17AM | Fri, 06 March 2009

awesome ...

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wonderworld

2:32AM | Fri, 06 March 2009

Brilliant work!!

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marybelgium

2:40AM | Fri, 06 March 2009

excellent !

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jeroni

3:13AM | Fri, 06 March 2009

I love the color and light on this... Great shot

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tetsu-pino

5:10AM | Fri, 06 March 2009

Fantastic capture!!

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casmindo

5:13AM | Fri, 06 March 2009

Nice picture Sig, glad the standards of today make them stay pretty clean!

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flavia49

5:14AM | Fri, 06 March 2009

Very impressive!! the picture and the pollution!!!

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timtripp

6:33AM | Fri, 06 March 2009

SUPERB!

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fredster66

7:28AM | Fri, 06 March 2009

Great catch of a sad reality... nice work Sig.

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danob

8:13AM | Fri, 06 March 2009

Has an ominous beauty about it! Even so despite the job loss I am sure the area is better without it!

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debbielove

8:30AM | Fri, 06 March 2009

Above says it right! A Strange beauty BUT, MY GOD!!!!!! The utter destruction of the planet and peoples health!! Sorry for the jobs but I'm glad it shut! Rob Now everyone will hate me!!!!!!! (Sorry)

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