Mining and Waste Sites

Diverse landscapes of mining operations and waste disposal areas. Showcases machinery, steep terrains, and earthy colors against natural backdrops.

Builders drive pylons for a concrete bridge over a river in Westland, New Zealand, Oceania
Builders drive pylons for a concrete bridge over a river in Westland, New Zealand, Oceania
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Builders drive pylons for a concrete bridge over a river in Westland, New Zealand, Oceania
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Alex Hammond (rear), dam safety program manager with the Walla Walla District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Steve Wyrembelski (foreground), senior geotechnical engineer with the Walla Walla District, perform an inspection of Blue River Dam, operated by the Corps Portland District, June 15 during a regional Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake response exercise. Hammond and Wyrembelski were flown by helicopter from Walla Walla to Portland Districts Cougar and Blue River dams, located about 38 miles east of Eugene, Oregon, to inspect the structures as members of a five-person local damage assessment team (LDAT). In the event of a real Cascadia megathrust quake, the Walla Walla-based team would travel to Portland Districts area of operations, if needed, to assist with infrastructure assessments in the aftermath.
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Germany, Bavaria, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Zugspitze, installers working on poles of a goods cable lift
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10 ton digger shifting shingle to deepen the channel in a flowing river, Westland, New Zealand, Oceania
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Heavy Earth Movers and the Eastern Sierra Nevada
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Snow cannon, ready to be used on Mt Feldberg, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe
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Construction of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline through thr rocky mountains near Hinton Alberta Canada
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A Dozer Boat operator sorts logs in a floating boom at Kendrick Arm log dump on the British Columbia coast. No Release
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Mining in a granite quarry Sloupno and in the background a beautiful landscape at sunset. Czech republic
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pieces of wood at bioenergy power plant Graun im Vinschgau Vinschgau Trentino-South Tyrol Italy
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Sawmill in the Savoie Chablais Alps France
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Mountain rescue by helicopter on the Fellhorn ridge, Kleinwalsertal, Riezlern, Vorarlberg, Austria, Europe
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USA, Alaska. Abandoned mining equipment and log cabins in the village of Wiseman on the Dalton Highway to Prudhoe Bay on the North Slope.
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Orange Bagger graben Boden an einem trüben Tag. Orange excavator digging soil on a cloudy day, taken outdoors. Heavy machinery on a construction site, showcasing earth-moving work Copyright: xZoonar.com/SvetlanaxVerbitskayax 22958956
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Mining employee collects water sample for base line analysis and PH level, North River, Pelly Mountains, Yukon Territory, Canada
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Trucks driving in dusty porphyry quarry, open-pit mine for the production of gravel for road building at Lessen, Lessines, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium, Europe
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Italy, Alto Adige, Val d'Ultimo, Ultenthal: sawmill
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Man repairing pot hole in middle of dirt road leading to Drangajokull
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Timber construction, timber construction. Construction of a new hall (Aurach near Kitzbuehel, Tyrol, Austria)
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Cleaning the Mer de Glace
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Oil gas industry
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The Rock of Ages corporation's granite quarry, Graniteville, Vermont, USA, North America
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Salmon farms raising Atlantic salmon near the Fjordland Conservancy in the Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia, Canada.
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Mains electric technicians repairing cable on rural electricity pole, Cumbria, England, July
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First acces to Barreta wall Ukhpacha Project
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Drillers operate a portable drilling rig to sink a 10 metre hole on the summit of Mount Morgan overlooking the Haupiri Valley, West Coast, New Zealand on May 7, 2024. The hole will be used for seismic GPS monitoring instruments to measure movement along the Alpine Fault which runs near the base of the mountain. All drilling equipment including an air compressor, generator and drilling rig was flown to the summit by helicopter
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STAFF SGT. Todd Benson and STAFF SGT. Russell Weriner, 205th Engineering Installation Group, ANGB, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, install a GPM-20 Air Surveillance Radar Tower base mount. Base: Terceira Island Country: Azores (AZR)
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Workers cut stockfish from wooden drying racks, behind fishing harbours and houses from wood, sea and mountains, cod, cod, skrei, codfish, Svolvaer, Nordland, Norway, Europe
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Wairakei Geothermal Power Station, near Taupo, North Island, New Zealand
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Builders mark out the profile for a building at a construction site in Westland, New Zealand, Oceania
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Bridge construction with crane in the city of Beau Bassin, in the west of the tropical island of Mauritius, East Africa
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Southern Ocean, South Georgia, King Edward Cove, Grytviken, Grytviken whaling station. Picture of a pile of chains that were used to move the whale carcasses.
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Lofoten islands - Excavator, bulldozer repair work on the road, Norway
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Bags taken by helicopter for new surface on Miners track, Snowdon. Snowdonia, Wales, United Kingdom.
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High-quality construction timber, stacked in sawmill, timber trade, timber storage, lumber, Vorarlberg, Austria, Europe
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Snowmaking Lake Under Construction. Presolana Pass. Lombardy. Italy. Europe
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Tibetan craftsman with tractor during the construction of a traditional Tibetan building, Pundo, Reting, Himalayas, Lhundrup County, central Tibet, Tibet, China, Asia
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Construction worker directing traffic at the beginning of a construction site, Alaska Highway, Tok, Alaska, USA, North America