Uranium Mine Tailing Pile, Arlit, Niger

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As ore is scooped out of open pit mines, the processed residue is dumped into huge tailing piles that dot the landscape around Arlit, Niger.

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Size: 5210px × 3480px
Location: Arlit, Niger, West Africa
Photo credit: © Charles O. Cecil / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: africa, african, arlit, environment, excavation, industry, mineral, natural, niger, nigerien, open, pit, resource, uranium, wealth