Anthropocene Photos: How Humans Are Destroying the Earth
Edward Burtynsky's wide-format photographs of industrialization, urbanization, and deforestation show how humans are destroying the Earth.
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Oil flows in the Niger Delta, Nigeria in 2016. |
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Phosphorus streak near Lakeland, Florida, USA in 2012. |
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Landfill, filled with plastic waste, Nairobi, Kenya in 2016. |
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Pengah Wall, Komodo National Park, Indonesia in 2017. |
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Chuquicamata copper mine, Calama, Chile in 2017. |
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Sawmill, Lagos, Nigeria 2016. |
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Coal mine in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany, 2015. |
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Freshly cut logs, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada 2016. |
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Moreci Mine, Clifton, Arizona, USA in 2012. |
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Oil flows in the Niger Delta, Nigeria in 2016. |
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The uralkali compound mine in Berezniki, Russia in 2017. |