The earth eaters

• Autores: Azeen Ghorayshi
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2977, 2014, págs. 20-21
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Here, Bernhard Lang's photograph of the Hambach opencast mine in Germany's Lower Rhine basin that sprawls across 85 sq km is featured. For photographer Lang, who shot a series of aerial photos of the mine in May 2014, capturing Hambach from above was the key to conveying its scale. Watching these huge machines biting into the barren landscape reminded him of alien planets in science fiction movies. It's a really direct image of the human impact on Earth. The Hambach mine is expected to have exhausted its lignite reserves by 2040, at which point it will be converted into an artificial lake, filled with 4 billion cubic meter of water from the Rhine.