1112-6836 - A view of the abandoned coal mining town of Pyramiden, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, Europe

746-91546 - Town Tasch Kumyr, a coal mining area in the Tien Shan or heavenly mountains. Asia, Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan

746-91545 - Railway for transporting coal. Town Tasch Kumyr, a coal mining area in the Tien Shan or heavenly mountains. Asia, Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan

746-91544 - Bus stop with goats in the town Tasch Kumyr, a coal mining area in the Tien Shan or heavenly mountains. Asia, Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan

832-382802 - Aerial view, Etzweiler, lignite open-pit mining, Hambach Forest, Burgewald Steinheide, landscape conservation area, brown coal mining, protest, forest occupation, Merzenich, Rhineland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-378745 - Aerial view, coal excavator in front of the destroyed Borschemich district, coal mine Garzweiler, Erkelenz, Niederrhein, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-378731 - UNESCO World Heritage Site Zeche Zollverein, Kokerei Zollverein coking plant, skating rink, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-378631 - Brown coal mining, Welzow-South opencast mining, Welzow, Spree-Neivüe district, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

832-378382 - Bucket-wheel excavators, Garzweiler lignite mining, near Jüchen, Erkelenz, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-378404 - Stacker in the Garzweiler open pit in the blue hour, Grevenbroich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-378383 - Bucket-wheel excavator, lignite mining, Garzweiler, near Jüchen, Erkelenz, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

797-12897 - Norway, Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Plaque commemorating John Munro Longyear, American founder of Longyearbyen.

797-12894 - Norway, Svalbard, Longyearbyen,Valley side, Old coal mine and cable way.

1188-500 - Open cast coal mine in New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

1188-499 - Open cast coal mine in New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

1113-97920 - Power poles and coal power station Neurath near Grevenbroich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

1113-97917 - Power poles and coal power station Neurath near Grevenbroich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

1113-97918 - Power poles and coal power station Neurath near Grevenbroich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

816-8031 - Old coal trolleys in Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Arctic, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

816-8032 - Old coal trolleys in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Arctic, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

832-378088 - Lignite mining, Jänschwalde open pit, Jänschwalde, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

832-378122 - Slag heap, Inden open-cast mining, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-378090 - Lignite mining, Welzow-Süd open pit, Welzow, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

832-378087 - Jänschwalde open pit, behind the Jänschwalde lignite power plant, Jänschwalde, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

832-378096 - Open-cast lignite mining, spreader, Jüchen lookout point, Garzweiler open-cast mine, Jüchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-378093 - Open-cast lignite mining, spreader, Jüchen lookout point, Garzweiler open-cast mine, Jüchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-378091 - Lignite mining, Welzow-Süd open pit, Welzow, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

832-378095 - Open-cast lignite mining, spreader, Jüchen lookout point, Garzweiler open-cast mine, Jüchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-331088 - Ferropolis, Industry museum to the brown coal open-cast mining in Germany

832-331087 - Industry museum to the brown coal open-cast mining in Germany

696-664 - Rhondda Heritage Park Museum, Trehafod, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

696-665 - Rhondda Heritage Park Museum, Trehafod, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

832-315239 - Unesco World Heritage Site, former coal mine Zeche Zollverein, exhibition halls in the former Kohlewaesche, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-275709 - Steep stairs, steps, escalator, Zeche Zollverein, Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-275708 - Escalator, Zeche Zollverein, Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-275711 - Escalator, Zeche Zollverein, Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-360984 - Bucket of a brown coal digger

1113-95216 - Brown coal museum Ferropolis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

832-265183 - Consolidation Coal Mine Industrial Complex with a light installation, Gelsenkirchen, Ruhr district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-264802 - Shaft tower of the Prosper-Haniel coal mine and a rope-system so the workers could descend by rope, Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-244821 - Aerial picture, Gelsenkirchen-Sued refuse dump, Himmelstreppe, stairs, Rheinelbe dump, International building exhibition Emscherpark 1999, by the artist Herman Prigann, Wattenscheid, Bochum, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-244490 - Aerial view, slag heap, coal mining waste, pit head stocks Sundern, Hamm-Pelkum, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-243276 - Hammer head tower, former Minister Stein coal mine, structural change, science park, industrial culture route, Ruhr district, Eving, Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-244178 - Aerial photo, Emscherbruch slag heap with horizon observatory, pit slag heap, mining waste, coal mining, landscape building, Herten, Westerholt, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-227370 - Garzweiler 2, brown coal surface mining, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-227366 - Garzweiler 2, brown coal surface mining, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-227352 - Brown coal digger, Hambach Tagebau, Rhein-Erft-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

832-227358 - Hambach Tagebau, brown coal, Rhein-Erft-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

832-223957 - Lignite strip mining Cottbus Nord, Lausitz, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

832-223958 - Lignite strip mining Cottbus Nord, Lausitz, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

911-9815 - Coal on the dockside in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe

911-9818 - Climate change heaven and hell, wind turbines next to a coal importing business on the docks in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe

911-9887 - Coal at the Port of Tyne at North Shields near Newcastle, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-9817 - Coal on the dockside in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe

911-9819 - Climate change heaven and hell, wind turbines next to a coal importing business on the docks in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe

911-9816 - Coal on the dockside in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe

832-211965 - Front loader on coal island, inland port in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-211923 - The Patriot Coal Corporation's Samples mine, which uses the technique of mountaintop removal to mine coal. The mountain tops are stripped away and dumped in valleys to get at the coal below. The Samples mine has been temporarily closed due to declining de

832-202755 - Fireworks above the headframe or winding tower of the Zollverein Coal Mine, Shaft XII, during the Zechenfest festival, World Heritage Site, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-202758 - Fireworks above the headframe or winding tower of the Zollverein Coal Mine, Shaft XII, during the Zechenfest festival, World Heritage Site, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-195587 - Aerial photo, former Zeche Westfalen coal mine, LEG project Ahlen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-195556 - Aerial photo excavator coal storage A42 Emscher, Bottrop, Ruhrgebiet area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-195522 - Aerial photo, Fernewald, coal tailings, mining, Deutsche Ruhrkohle, RAG, Schoettelheide tailings pond, Kirchhellen, Bottrop, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-186521 - Zeche Zollverein mine, UNESCO World Heritage Site, former coal washing plant, now Ruhrmuseum museum, winding tower, Schacht XII mine, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-186764 - Red illuminated main staircase in the new Ruhrmuseum museum, opened in January 2010, Capital of Culture year, in the former coal washing plant of the Zeche Zollverein mine, World Heritage Site, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-186762 - Red illuminated main staircase in the new Ruhrmuseum museum, opened in January 2010, Capital of Culture year, in the former coal washing plant of the Zeche Zollverein mine, World Heritage Site, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-186760 - Red illuminated main staircase in the new Ruhrmuseum museum, opened in January 2010, Capital of Culture year, in the former coal washing plant of the Zeche Zollverein mine, World Heritage Site, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-186763 - Red illuminated main staircase in the new Ruhrmuseum museum, opened in January 2010, Capital of Culture year, in the former coal washing plant of the Zeche Zollverein mine, World Heritage Site, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-186520 - Zeche Zollverein mine, UNESCO World Heritage Site, former coal washing plant, now Ruhrmuseum museum, winding tower, Schacht XII mine, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-186759 - Red illuminated main staircase in the new Ruhrmuseum museum, opened in January 2010, Capital of Culture year, in the former coal washing plant of the Zeche Zollverein mine, World Heritage Site, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

816-4537 - Hashima Island Gunkanjima (Warship Island), Nagasaki, Kyushu, Japan, Asia

816-4558 - Hashima Island Gunkanjima (Warship Island), Nagasaki, Kyushu, Japan, Asia

816-4538 - Hashima Island Gunkanjima (Warship Island), Nagasaki, Kyushu, Japan, Asia

832-177834 - Headframe and Malakowturm tower of the former Zeche Nordstern mine in the Nordsternpark, Route der Industriekultur Route of Industrial Heritage, Gelsenkirchen, Ruhrgebiet region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-165547 - Giant coal excavator, disused coal mine, Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, Essen-Stoppenberg, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-149074 - On the stairs of former coal washing plant in the colliery Zeche Zollverein, now Ruhr Museum, UNESCO World Cultural Heritage, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-149073 - On the stairs of former coal washing plant in the colliery Zeche Zollverein, now Ruhr Museum, UNESCO World Cultural Heritage, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-143568 - The lignite-fired power plant of the RWE Power AG, Weisweiler, Rhenish lignite mining area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-139314 - Escalator, Ruhr Museum, Zeche Zollverein coal mine, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-139313 - Escalator, Ruhr Museum, Zeche Zollverein coal mine, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-113785 - Coal seam and machines in the open pit Welzow-Sued, mining of brown coal by the Vattenfall energy company, Lower Lusatia, Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

832-125239 - Malakowturm tower of the abandoned Zeche Prosper coal mine, today a museum, cultural center, located on the grounds of the former Zeche Prosper coke plant, Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-125240 - Malakowturm tower of the disused Zeche Prosper coal mine, today a museum, cultural center, located on the grounds of the former Zeche Prosper coke plant, mining settlement on Steigerstrasse street in Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-118724 - Aerial view, Bergwerk Ost coal mine, Heinrich-Robert coal mine in Pelkum, Hamm, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-118676 - Aerial view, Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, design school, Saana building, World Cultural Heritage site, Essen, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-106624 - Lignite excavators, Ferropolis Museum, Juedenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

832-113788 - Bucket-wheel excavator in the open pit Welzow-Sued, mining of brown coal by the Vattenfall energy company, Lower Lusatia, Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

832-99848 - Pulley as a monument to the memory of the Dortmund coal mining industry, Dortmund, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-114477 - Illuminated shaft tower, mining museum, Oelsnitz in the Erzgebirge mountains, Saxony, Germany, Europe

832-99843 - Shaft tower and office building, Hammer Head Tower, Zeche Minister Stein, former coal mine, Neue Evinger Mitte, Dortmund Eving, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-98684 - Aerial view, Vereinigte Gibraltar mine on the Kemnader reservoir with a Ferris wheel, Schachtzeichen RUHR.2010 art installation, Bochum, Ruhrgebiet region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-99027 - Aerial view, industrial ruins, the former Zeche Minister Achenbach coal mine, Datteln-Hamm Canal, Bergkamen, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-113784 - Coal seam and machines in the open pit Welzow-Sued, mining of brown coal by the Vattenfall energy company, Lower Lusatia, Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

832-76972 - Industrial buildings illuminated at night, Zeche Zollverein Coal Mine, Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-76986 - Industrial buildings illuminated at night, Zeche Zollverein Coal Mine, Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-80845 - Tagebau Hambach open pit mine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-76990 - Industrial buildings illuminated at night, Zeche Zollverein Coal Mine, Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-77824 - Coal mining, open cast mining with a crane in Coronach, Saskatchewan, Canada

832-51503 - Bucket-wheel excavator in the mist, Tagebau Garzweiler open pit mine, Grevenbroich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-51495 - Spreaders in an open-cast lignite mine in the early morning, Garzweiler, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe