Drinking Contaminated Water by junge1

Photography • Animals • posted on Jun 13, 2012

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The Navajo living in the Cove and Red Rock Valley area are aware that all creeks and washes running off the north slope of the Chuska Mountains are contaminated from the Uranium mining and therefore no longer use that water for domestic or irrigation purposes. However, their live stock drink from whatever source of water is available as these sheep here are drinking the water of the Standing Redrock Creek. We also saw signs of (Black) Bear scat and deer droppings along these water sources. This picture was taken on 7 November 2003, Sig...

Comments (34)

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Richardphotos

12:19PM | Wed, 13 June 2012

scary what all is in our habitat. superb photography Sig

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nefertiabet

12:31PM | Wed, 13 June 2012

Das ist kein guter Wasserort für die Tiee dort!!! Sie werden bestimmt krank.

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tennesseecowgirl

1:44PM | Wed, 13 June 2012

That is very sad to see.

bebert

2:17PM | Wed, 13 June 2012

superbe scene and capture

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bobrgallegos

2:20PM | Wed, 13 June 2012

Great photo, but sad situation Sig!!

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lyron

2:23PM | Wed, 13 June 2012

Great picture!!!

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bmac62

2:34PM | Wed, 13 June 2012

Attention getting...those poor animals know no difference.

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flavia49

3:16PM | Wed, 13 June 2012

excellent photo

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kgb224

3:17PM | Wed, 13 June 2012

Sad to hear of such human destruction. How will they ever be able to stop these animals from drinking the contaminated water. Superb capture my friend. God Bless.

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emmecielle

4:00PM | Wed, 13 June 2012

It's sad to see this! If the sheep drink contaminated water, even their milk will be! Excellent shot!

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bazza

4:26PM | Wed, 13 June 2012

Not a good sight to see what a shame that the animals don't have a source of good clean water.. Do they eat these contaminated sheep? Nice shot Sig!

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crunch01

4:30PM | Wed, 13 June 2012

this is a bd thing needs to be taken care of somehow

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sandra46

5:13PM | Wed, 13 June 2012

WONDERFUL SHOT

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Faemike55

5:32PM | Wed, 13 June 2012

Great capture it is a shame that the mining company did what it did.

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npauling

9:24PM | Wed, 13 June 2012

It is a wonder they aren't glowing. What a shame about the contamination. I wonder if they will ever get it cleaned up. A lovely photo of this rural scene.

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jocko500

10:01PM | Wed, 13 June 2012

do they glow in the dark? lol anyway this is cool

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renecyberdoc

1:38AM | Thu, 14 June 2012

maybe they are used to it and will mutate.,

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auntietk

1:50AM | Thu, 14 June 2012

I've just finished reading about the Humboldt Sink and the emigrants who came through there in the 1840s and 1850s. They had no other source of water, so they drank what was available, no matter how disgusting. When one has no other water, an untennable choice is still the only one.

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