Caption

Lunar like despoiled landscape from opencast mineral extraction in the Minas de Riotinto mining area, Huelva province, Spain, Europe

Date

Oct 06, 2014

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Ian Murray

Reference

BRK24F59_115

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

29.4Mb (2.9Mb) / 14.6in x 7.8in / 4368 x 2349 (300dpi)

Keywords

deserted no one No People nobody uninhabited empty barren meagre meager desolate sparse mine mines colliery mining mining industry industries remote secluded loneliness solitude deserted abandoned desolate forsaken solitude solitude remoteness wasteland ecological organic ecologically Spain Europe Europe's Spanish geology geology mineral minerals alone ramshackle run-down dilapidated decayed marooned derelict rundown rundown deteriorated abandoned uninhabited disused vacant unoccupied empty damage damages industrial disused closed out-of-service out of service abandoned shut down decommissionin decommissioned ecology ecology old oldest Southern Europe South Europe Andalusian poisoned lonely lonesome desolate lone barrenness barrenness bust destroyed wrecked broken damaged defective corrupted decay disrepair dereliction spoiled spoilt burden burdens stress production productions extraction vacancy vacancies contamination contaminations pollution polluting geologic geological Andalusia Andalucia issue issues concern concerns Huelva province Province of Huelva Provincia de Huelva desertion contaminated dirty polluted business firm company companies Minas de Riotinto rock rocks isolation Rio Tinto