The stained landscapes on the planet that were born out of man's material desires

 

When we excavation for precious metals, coal or other minerals, we close a section of an antique and outdated age.

 

In the words of author Astra Taylor, these objects are "an collected past" that tells us timeless stories of flowing lava, forests and steam springs. We end this millions of years of past in a matter of seconds by giving over machines and explosives.

 

Ever since man came to know that there are great resources in the earth, he has been excavating everywhere to find these resources.

 

Mining has made our modern existence possible. As a result, most of the injury to nature is far from our homes.

When you see the effects of mining with your own eyes, your thoughtful about the things you use can change gradually.

Even these words are attainment you through minerals. The matters behind the screen of your computer or mobile phone are made of metals that have been suppressed in rocks for millions of years.

 

We have inspected how mining has changed the expression of the planet in thousands of methods. An airborne survey of the Earth gives an impression of this. Whether it's unusually thin pools spread out in the distance or lands stretched out like human thumbprints.

 

If these rocks and minerals are a frozen past, then the future is unhappily the face of the earth full of tints.

China's Xinjiang region has the world's largest mining chain, mining 84 different kinds of minerals.

Lake Emerald in China's Shanghai Province is a minefield that is no longer serviceable and where salt and other minerals have been deserted into large ponds.

Iron ore is originate in a corroded condition in a mining area called Tinto in the Spanish province of Heluva

When minerals are uncovered to air, they change color with a chemical reaction

 

The diamond mine in Russia points to what future peers will discover. What would they reflect of the way we have used the resources?