Sometimes every word is superfluous. These pictures say more than a thousand words.
1. The view over the overdeveloped metropole of Mexico City (with more than 20 million inhabitants).
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2. An elephant killed by poachers left to rot.
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3. The rainforest in flames - goats used to graze here.
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4. Trails of excessive air traffic over London.
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5. A massive truck delivers a load of oil sands for processing. Oil sand is considered the energy source of the future.
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6. A simple herd farmer cannot withstand the stink of the Yellow River in Inner Mongolia.
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7. A waste incineration plant and its surroundings in Bangladesh
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8. A fire storm plows through Colorado - increased incidences of wild fires is a result of climate change.
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9. The scars left behind from the mining of oil sands in the Canadian province of Alberta.
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10. A nighttime spectacle in downtown Los Angeles - the energy demand is incalculable.
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11. In Oregon, this thousand year old forest fell victim to the chain saw for a new dam.
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12. The area around Almeria in Spain is littered with greenhouses as far as the eye can see - simply for a richly filled dinner table.
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13. Poachers pose proudly with the coat of a Siberian tiger.
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14. The Mir Mine in Russia, the largest diamond mine in the world.
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15. A dead albatross shows what happens when we litter. A living dumpster.
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16. And yet another megatropolis - a bird’s eye view of New Delhi (over 22 million inhabitants).
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17. Paradise almost lost: the Maldives, a popular vacation spot that is threatened by rising sea levels.
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18. The beginning of Black Friday at an electronics store in Boise, Idaho.
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19. Tons (literally) of broken electronics end up in developing countries and are stripped for precious metals by using deadly substances.
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20. The blunder of the Brazilian rain forest is being repeated here in Canada.
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21. A landfill for worn-out tires in the desert of Nevada.
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22. While the entire world watched the events of Fukushima, a massive heat and power station was burning just a few miles away. All attempts to extinguish it where fruitless.
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23. This polar bear starved to death in Svalvard, Norway. Disappearing ice caps are robbing polar bears of both their living space and food.
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24. To the last drop: an oilfield in California and the merciless overexploitation of humans.
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25. A massive waterfall from melting pack ice. These masses are the only meltwater and the undeniable proof how swiftly climate change is advancing.
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26. A lignite power plant contaminates the air with its discharges.
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27. The Indonesian surfer Dede Surinaya rides a wave of filth and trash (Java, Indonesia).
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“When the Last Tree Is Cut Down, the Last Fish Eaten, and the Last Stream Poisoned, You Will Realize That You Cannot Eat Money.”
This prophecy is becoming a more and more brutal reality. But, even today, not every person is aware of the horrible effects our lifestyles have on nature. So share these evocative pictures with everyone.
H/t: www.hefty.co