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 |