18th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Mountain top removal, Hernshaw, West Virginia
Mountaintop removal coal mining - Coal companies use explosives to blast as much as 800 to 1,000 feet off the tops of mountains in order to reach thin coal seams buried deep below.
Photo Detail
| Date Taken: | 12.2017 |
| Date Uploaded: | 11.2020 |
| Photo Location: | Hernshaw, West Virginia, United States of America |
| Copyright: | © Chuck Roberts |