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Ponds of dirty water left behind after hydraulic mining was performed, a form of mining that uses high-pressure jets of water to dislodge rock material or move sediment. The discarded material is piped away forming lakes of discarded mud - Amazon rain forest deforestation at Agua Branca gold mining village, Para State, Brazil.
J R Ripper / BrazilPhotos 27 Oct 2010 4368x2912 / 5.7MB
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