Hartlepool Nuclear power station and Able UK drydock at sunrise from Teesmouth National Nature Reserve, Greatham Creek near Hartlepool, UK

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Teesmouth National Nature Reserve, Greatham Creek near Hartlepool, United Kingdom. Industry and nature coexisting at Teesmouth. View from bird hide towards oil rigs in Able UK yard (one of the world`s largest drydocks) next to Hartlepool nuclear power station (far right) in pre dawn light. The intertidal mudflats here are an internationally important site for birdlife. A colony of around 100 common and Grey Seals also breed here.

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