Stockton Opencast Mine by snowbain
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Description
Removing over-burden, Stockton Coal Mine, New Zealand. We put our coal mines 2500 ft above sea level, instead of underground, it's easier, maybe not prettier. Extensive replanting when the overburden is replaced on this bleak, scrub covered enviroment, ensures compliance with the greenies.
Comments (7)
FabioNemo
hope you won't destroy your paradise land by coal mining on mountain peaks!!:)) the picture is excellent in sharpness, detail and mood.
jcv2
Can imagine mining in this way is working on a level, but the effects of erosion might push the prize.... Excellent shot!
Tedz
I just caught something on last Nights TV News....stopping the Sale of Coal?...due to Pullution...I will go hug a Tree. Great shot...Digger :]
addiek
Great industrial shot. Things seem to be chganging on a day to day basis over with you!
snowbain
jcv2 - Surprisingly there is no erosion, as all runoff is controlled by a system of settling ponds, consequently the creeks and rivers aren't discoloured. I sound like a PR person for the company, but credit where it is due.
RaysOfLight
for some peculiar reason i can't explain, i see a kind of beauty in this photo. maybe it's the sharpness and mood fabio pointed at, but i don't know. i have to say though, the sense of scale is very distorted in this image. the dirt-carrying truck looks like a toy-truck, when i know for a fact that those wheels are like 2 times the height of a normal human hehe
cynlee
just pushing mother nauture along, as long as the area is replanted then... & this is a great shot in the depth & show of it! :]