As humanity increases by BILLIONS in shorter and shorter time-frames … planet Earth is ravished. No, I am not some environut-tree-hugger. I’m a realist. Don’t you understand the concept of non-renewable resources?
Anyway, Earth from space, provided by Sputnik News (yea!, Russia, for some truth!), the following gorgeous photos show how mankind has shaped the landscape of our planet, for better or worse.
Ayers Rock (Uluru), a large sandstone formation in the Northern Territory of Australia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
Bourtange star fort, Bourtange, Netherlands.
Burning Man, Black Rock City, Nevada.
Calbuco Volcano eruption, Ensenada, Chile
Four Seasons resort in Bora Bora, French Polynesia.
Incheon Bridge, Incheon, South Korea.
Ipanema Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta, Indonesia
Mir Mine, Russia.
Moscow, Russia
Olive Tree Plantations, Córdoba, Spain
Östermalm, Stockholm, Sweden.
Ancient Ruins of Palmyra, Syria.
Plaza Del Ejecutivo, Mexico City.
Bratsk Pulp Mill, Russia.
Venice, Italy.
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Original pics, in full screen, here; http://sputniknews.com/photo/20151005/1028031137/overview-effect-landscape-photos.html
All pics from — Satellite images (c) 2015, Digital Globe, Inc.
While it is true that humans depleting underground water supplies can create a huge sinkhole, there are cases for sinkholes that are far, far away from human habitation.
Saudi Arabia – After the humongous amounts of oil pulled from below the earth’s surface, I’ve wondered why half of that nation hasn’t been swallowed by an immense hole. Maybe someday, the entire ME will disappear – YEA.
Most sinkholes are the result of limestone erosion.
http://www.conserve-energy-future.com/causes-effects-and-types-of-sinkholes.php
Some are also caused by human activities, but most of the rest are the result of the Mole People getting too adventurous and burrowing too close to the surface.
Kokoda
Don’t they use water to replace oil as it’s being sucked out of the earth?
Stucky-if it makes you feel better, just watch a few episodes of the series, “Life After People.”
In just a few hundred years, without maintainence, all of these handiworks of man will be as if they never existed at all……..
maintenance..sp
Wip.
Latest technology is starting to use Carbon Dioxide.
Completely sequesters it from what I understand, and I’ll bet that drives the and Al Gore and the environmentalists up the wall.
I don’t even travel anymore:
Coronado Naval Amphibious Base, San Diego circa 2007.
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