Today's From the Files" 11-08-25:
From my series, "Into the Anthropocene"

Kennecott/Bingham Open Pit Mine. Salt Lake City, UT. 2024 #davidgardnerphotography #lughtight #intotheanthropocene #climatechange#kennecottbingham #openpitmine #landscape #utah #ut

Tailing Piles. Highway 111, Kennecott Pit Mine. Study #3
Salt Lake City, UT. 2024
(40°31'54.498" N 112°4'53.328" W) #davidgardnerphotography #lightight #kennecottcoppermine #tailingpiles #openpitmine #intotheanthropocene #climatechange

Todays "From the Files" 06-14-25:
From my series, "Into the Anthropocene"

Excavations. Kennecott Open Pit Mine. Study #6
Salt Lake City, UT. 2024
#davidgardnerphotography #lightight #kennecottcoppermine #openpitmine #intotheanthropocene #climatechange #landscape #alteredlandscape

Side of an open pit mine with abandoned mine works in the background.

Curving side of an open pit mine with a tailings pile in the background.

Former Marmoraton open pit mine near Marmora, ON. Opened in 1953 and closed in 1978, it leaves an enormous hole in the ground. #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #openpitmine #marmora #marmoratonmine #landscape #landscapephotography #industriallandscape