Industrial Environmental Impact Sites

Aerial and close-up images depict industrial sites affecting natural landscapes, featuring tailings, sediment management, and oil sands.

Aerial view of the earth's raw canvas, where ochre and grey blend in an industrial ballet near the green structures, Plouasne, Brittany, France.

The tailings pond at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.

Sediment transposition intervention to the Atlantic Ocean to optimize the hydrodynamic balance in Ovar, Portugal.

Wetland hydrology indicators provide observable evidence of inundation or saturation during the growing season to support hydric soils and hydrophytic vegetation. Wetland hydrology is one of three factors addressed using the Automated Wetland Determination Data Sheets during the collection and analysis of wetland delineations across the nation. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo)

Aerial view of the earth's raw canvas, where ochre and grey blend in an industrial ballet near the green structures, Plouasne, Brittany, France.

OIL SANDS, Alberta, Canada. The worlds largest petroleum resource basin.

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Powder River Basin area of northeastern Wyoming for tours; for aerial and ground inspections of coalbed methane gas wells, related water disposal systems, coal mine operations, and surrounding environments; and for talks with Bureau of Land Management state staff

Aerial view of post-coal landscape, now a protected nature habitat Wanninchen, Brandenburg, Germany.

Aerial view of post-coal landscape, now a protected nature habitat Wanninchen, Brandenburg, Germany.

Deutzen b Leipzig Opencast lignite mine VEREINIGTES SCHLEENHAIN 58345 Spoil heaps

Sediment transposition intervention Sediment transposition intervention to the Atlantic Ocean to optimize the hydrodynamic balance in Ovar, Portugal. Copyright: xZoonar.com/homydesignx 21148368

Industrial composting France

Azerbaijan. Absheron Peninsula

Aerial view of post-coal landscape, now a protected nature habitat Wanninchen, Brandenburg, Germany.

USA, California, San Francisco, Colorful algae in salt evaporation ponds, Redwood City, San Francisco Bay, aerial

Aerial view of post-coal landscape, now a protected nature habitat Wanninchen, Brandenburg, Germany.

Brazil, Mato Grosso, Peixoto De Azevedo, Gold Mine On Former Panara Territory Showing Miners Settlement And Mercury Washing Pools Deforestation And Pollution.Garimpeiro Prospectors Have Displaced The Panara Formerly Known As Kreen-Akrore Krenhakarore Krenakore Krenakarore Amazon American Brasil Brazilian Ecology Entorno Environmental Environment Green Issues Kreen Akore Latin America Latino Scenic South America

Aerial view of post-coal landscape, now a protected nature habitat Wanninchen, Brandenburg, Germany.

Canada, British Columbia, Cariboo region, aerial photography, bottom of tailings pond, dam breach at Mount Polley Mine,

Aerial view of post-coal landscape, now a protected nature habitat Wanninchen, Brandenburg, Germany.

Aerial view of abstract forms and patterns in post-coal mining area, St Kilda, South Australia, Australia.

Mound of topsoil in a commercial sandpit after a heavy rainfall, Quebec, Canada, North America

Aerial view of post-coal landscape, now a protected nature habitat Wanninchen, Brandenburg, Germany.

Coal Ash at Power Plant Bowen in Euharlee, Georgia

Bulldozers push rocks into hills reclaiming the land after coal mining

USA, Oklahoma, Picher, Waste water pond and chat pile, the toxic by-product of underground mining for lead

Aerial view of post-coal landscape, now a protected nature habitat Wanninchen, Brandenburg, Germany.

Aerial view of post-coal landscape, now a protected nature habitat Wanninchen, Brandenburg, Germany.

Land Clearing at a Construction Site in Buford, Georgia

Aerial views of pollution and reclamation of the Faro Mine Site this abandoned mine will take up to a 1,000 years to be made safe at a cost of one billion dollars to Canadian Tax payers Yukon, Canada. Aerial views of Abandoned Faro Mine Site in Yukon Canada

Mallorca Es Trenc Ses Salines saltworks in Balearic islands Majorca

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Aerial view of patterned salt pans reflecting the sky, contrasting with the natural green landscape, Pag, Zadar County, Croatia.

Bettles is considered the access point of the Kanuti Refuge. It is located on the Koyukuk River just outside the northern boundary of the Refuge. Subjects: Villages; Rivers and streams. Location: Alaska. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge. . 1998 - 2011.

Lava Reunion France

Subjects: Habitat restoration; Sediments; Fine Grain. . 1998 - 2011.

Sprinklers wetting excavated land

Aerial view of post-coal landscape, now a protected nature habitat Wanninchen, Brandenburg, Germany.

Sediment transposition intervention Sediment transposition intervention to the Atlantic Ocean to optimize the hydrodynamic balance in Ovar, Portugal. Copyright: xZoonar.com/homydesignx 21148303

Aerial view of Selawik NWR wetlands burn area. Subjects: Scenics; Landscapes; Habitat; Wetlands; Fires; Fire Management; Selawik National Wildlife Refuge; Alaska. . 1998 - 2011.

The Beltana number 1 mine, an open cast or drift coal mine managed by Xstrata coal in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales. If we are serious about tackling climate change, coal, the

Evaporation Ponds at Cargil Industrial Plant, OK

Salt pans, Caleta de Fuste, Fuerteventura, Spain

Aerials of the Bir Hima Rock Petroglyphs and Inscriptions, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Najran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Middle East

Aerial views of landscapes in Idaho, taken during visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Boise National Forest area to observe the impact of the summer's Middle Fork Complex and Sheep Trail Fires

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Demolished dunes along the shoreline of KSC east of the launch pads are part of the aftermath of Hurricane Jeanne. The category 3 storm barreled through Central Florida Sept. 25-26, the fourth hurricane in 6 weeks to batter the state.

Cleaning of oil spill in banks of Loire river estuary France

A Turkana girl herds goats through inhospitable country at the southern end of Lake Turkana where the only vegetation is found along seasonal water courses.

Drone aerial of countryside highway empty road crossing agriculture fields. Drone aerial of countryside highway empty road crossing agriculture fields. Dry land at summer Copyright: xZoonar.com/MichalakisxPpalisx 21678421

Images from Wood Buffalo National Park the nesting ground for the endangered Whooping Crane.

Waimangu Stream, and steam and color from thermal activity, Waimangu Volcanic Valley, Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand

Sediment in the Essequibo River, Iwokrama Rainforest Reserve, Guyana

Acid mine drainage from abandoned gold mining shaft, Kantishna Mining District, Denali National Park, Alaska.

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to northeastern Utah for tours; inspections of oil and gas development projects, uintaite mining operations, and surrounding environments; and discussions with Utah field staff of the Bureau of Land Management

Aerial view of parched earth meeting murky water near a small building, with dense green forests clinging to the edges of the barren landscape, Lokve, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Croatia.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Aerial view of Koyashskoye Salt Lake with low clouds in Crimea Region, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine.

Brazil, Amazon, Manaus. The Meeting of the Waters where the Solimoes and Rio Negro meet to make the Amazon River.

Aerial view of mucilage, a gluey substance produced by excessive microorganisms due to pollution at the Marmara Sea coast of Istanbul, Turkey.

Graphic Overhead Drone Image of Chester, Virgina Landfill Facility

Stream polluted with mine discharge management difficult due to mines being abandoned and flooded. Ownership not established. .

OIL SANDS, Alberta, Canada. The worlds largest petroleum resource basin. NOT SO DIRTY AFTER ALL AND CLEANER THAN COAL AND GAS.

Madrid 10-25-2007 report for science on the Exploitation and study of the Ambar site by the Members of the Museum of Natural Sciences of Vitoria Jesus Alonso and Rafael Lopez photo Jaime Garcia Archdc.

Reclamation project at Quy Nhon, Binh Dinh, Viet Nam, fill up sand on water to make construction plan, try to change nature for human profit, fill soil at seaside

Namibia, Namib Desert, Rossing Uranium Open Cast Mine In The Namib Desert. Vast Expanse Of Terraced Landscape And Dry Arid Conditions.

Rotschlamm, Absetzteich aus Industrieabfällen, die bei der Aluminiumherstellung anfallen. Red mud, tailings lake from industrial waste, from aluminium production process. Aerial view. LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/HugoxKurkx 23330366

Aerial view of the patterns and colors of salt evaporation ponds with birds in Aveiro, Portugal

Aerial view of Innoko Refuge wetlands. Subjects: Aerial photography photography; Scenics; Landscapes; Habitat; Wetlands; Wildlife refuges; Innoko National Wildlife Refuge; Alaska. . 1998 - 2011.

Pollution of the river Avon Tewkesbury United Kingdom

Black Ven landslide on beach between Lyme Regis and Charmouth along the Jurassic Coast, Dorset, UK November 2012

Sweden, Gotland Island, Bungenas, former chalk mine and military base, now an exclusive vacation development and nature preserve, former lime quarry

Aerial shot, mining in the rainforest, Guyana, South America

Aerial view of post-coal landscape, now a protected nature habitat Wanninchen, Brandenburg, Germany.

USA. California. San Francisco. Colorful salt evaporation ponds.

Drying of peat burning in Ireland

Aerial View of Minato, Japan, a Week After Earthquake and Tsunami

Toxic water evaporation pit lined with plastic, Williston Basin, North Dakota

The oil spill, seen here, is being invesigated by the Coast Guard after it was reported in the vicinity of South Pass, La. April 6, 2010.

Aerial view of a vast landfill where heavy machinery sculpts the landscape of waste, creating an stark contrast against the surrounding greenery, Dhaka, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

A Kentucky Army National Guard flight crew from Bravo Co., 2/147th Assault Helicopter Battalion provided a media flight for local news networks around eastern Kentucky on July 30, 2022. Their mission was to assist media in capturing aerial footage of the flood effected regions.

Pollution - ESU St. Louis Response - Shell Pilottown - 26-HK-246-28. Oily Water Ponds. Hurricane Katrina

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Canada, British Columbia, Cariboo region, aerial photography, tailings pond, Mount Polley Mine,

Aerial view of circular tanks filled with green liquid nestled among sandy terrains and sparse vegetation, creating a contrasting landscape, Alvor, Faro District, Portugal.

Aerial view of clearcuts, Idaho, USA.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The storm surge and high winds of Hurricane Jeanne have replaced the rolling sand dunes on the KSC shoreline east of the launch pads with cliffs of sand, shown here. A category 3 storm, Jeanne barreled through Central Florida Sept. 25-26, the fourth hurricane in 6 weeks to batter the state.

Aerial photo from the flight to Sossusvlei of the Rossing Uranium Mine in Namibia is the longest-running and one of the largest open pit uranium mines in the world, located in the Namib Desert near the town of Arandis, 70 kilometres from the coastal town of Swakopmund.

DEPOSITO DE AGUA VACIO. Location: EXTERIOR. ISLA. FUERTEVENTURA. SPAIN.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Climate change and World environmental concept.

Images from Wood Buffalo National Park the nesting ground for the endangered Whooping Crane.

Qurnet Mura. Localidades situadas en la orilla occidental del Nilo, en la región tebana.

Aerial view of swirling white and grey earth, punctuated by a vibrant green channel, Old Chandler Potash Mine Site, Western Australia, Australia.

OIL SANDS, Alberta, Canada. The worlds largest petroleum resource basin. Holding pond

Aerial view of a pond on a construction site in Wabasso, Florida, United States.

aerial, containment ponds, Sherridon, Manitoba

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Grand Isle (BP Oil Spill) - Oil washes ashore at Grand Isle State Park, Grand Isle, LA. USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Mining pollution. temperate rainforest destroyed by pollution from Mt Lyell copper mine in Queenstown, King River, Tasmania, Australia.

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