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Sunday, January 29, 2012

Rio Tinto

Photo by Big Max Power(BMP)
Photo by marioadaja
Rio Tinto is located in Spain.  The martian-esque landscape has a mining history dating back to ancient times.  The reddish water gets its hue from dissolving iron and it is also highly acidic(pH 2) on account of the mining.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

The Grand Canyon

Photo by Tobias Alt

An Arizona sunset on the Grand Canyon, at 277 miles wide and one mile deep the canyon was carved out by the Colorado River.