Tailings Pond and scarecrow, Suncor Millenium Mine,Fort McMurray, Canada

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Tailings ponds for Suncor Oil Sands mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. The scarecrow is to discourage birds from landing in the toxic pond. If the birds do land the bitumen will get on their feathers and they will drown.

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Size: 5120px × 3413px
Location: Fort McMurray,Alberta,Canada
Photo credit: © Peter Essick / Aurora Photos / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: bird, bitumen, canada, color, deaths, energy, horizontal, image, oil, sands, sludge, tailings, tar, toxic, worker