Acid mine drainage. Large pool of red coloured water caused by acid mine drainage; the leeching of acidic minerals from earth exposed to water or air

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Acid mine drainage. Large pool of red coloured water caused by acid mine drainage; the leeching of acidic minerals from earth exposed to water or air during mining. This is the site of a former copper mine that was closed in the 1960s. Photographed in Macalder, Kenya.

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Photo credit: © PHIL HILL/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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