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743-32 - Detail of a ruined building in diamond mining ghost town, Kolmanskop, Namib Desert, Luderitz, Namibia, Africa
1200-587 - Mynydd Parys Mountain, copper mine, Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe
1160-5328 - Nebida Mine Laveria Lamarmora with Agusteri rock, Nebida, Sud Sardegna district, Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean, Europe
1160-5323 - Nebida Mine Laveria Lamarmora with Agusteri rock, Nebida, Sud Sardegna district, Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean, Europe
1160-5322 - Nebida Mine Laveria Lamarmora with Agusteri rock, Nebida, Sud Sardegna district, Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean, Europe
860-291574 - El Cebollar cobalt mine. Antofogasta Region N. Chile
1184-8335 - Aerial of Las Medulas old Roman gold mine, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Castile and Leon, northern Spain, Europe
1184-8334 - Aerial of Las Medulas old Roman gold mine, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Castile and Leon, northern Spain, Europe
1184-8333 - Aerial of Las Medulas old Roman gold mine, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Castile and Leon, northern Spain, Europe
1359-289 - Salineras de Maras, Sacred Valley, Cusco, Peru, South America
1359-269 - Salineras de Maras, Cusco, Peru, South America
799-4587 - Abandoned tin mine engine house at Minions on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1362-2 - Heather and Wheal Coates, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1178-43844 - United States, Nevada, Mojave Desert, Copper mining pit
1184-6960 - Aerial of the ancient mine, Unesco site Heritage of mercury, Almaden, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
1184-6959 - Aerial of the ancient mine, Unesco site Heritage of mercury, Almaden, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
1184-6961 - Aerial of the ancient mine, Unesco site Heritage of mercury, Almaden, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
1113-107574 - Gold Mine Museum, Gold Mine Village, Tankavaara, Finland
1113-107564 - Gold Mine Museum, Gold Mine Village, Tankavaara, Finland
746-92013 - Nebida and Pan di Zucchero, Masua, Iglesias, Sulcis, Iglesiente, Sardinia, Italy
746-92029 - Restaurant La Casa del Minatore, Arbus, Sardinia, Italy
1184-6886 - Salt mine of Nemocon, Colombia, South America
1184-6885 - Salt mine of Nemocon, Colombia, South America
1184-6884 - Salt mine of Nemocon, Colombia, South America
1178-42812 - Chile, Santiago, Large truck in stone quarry
832-395435 - Mountain with red puddle and mine ruins, Mazarron, Murcia, Spain, Europe
832-395432 - Ruins on mine site, Mazarron, Murcia, Spain, Europe
832-395434 - Wall with ventilation holes at Mazarron mine, Murcia, Spain, Europe
832-395433 - Mine tunnel with stairs on mine site, Mazarron, Murcia, Spain, Europe
1188-958 - Valley and hills along the Cwmystwyth metal mines site of scientific interest in Ceredigion, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe
1188-957 - Valley and hills along the Cwmystwyth metal mines site of scientific interest in Ceredigion, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe
1116-50700 - National Historical Site, the Pedro Dredge in warm sunset light, Interior Alaska in autumn; Chicken, Alaska, United States of America
1116-50701 - Sunset glow on the metal chicken sculpture and signpost on the hill of historic mining town Chicken, Interior Alaska in autumn; Chicken, Alaska, United States of America
1116-50823 - View of Pulacayo; Pulacayo, Potosi Department, Bolivia
1116-51883 - Killhope Lead Mining Museum; Upper Weardale, County Durham, England
1116-50824 - Rusty four wheel rail coach; Pulacayo, Potosi Department, Bolivia
832-393312 - Salt dump, potash mining, railway tracks, Kolonnenweg, Lochplattenweg, Gruenes Band, border trail, former German-German border, Philipsthal, Werratal, Hersfeld-Rotenburg district, Hesse, Germany, Europe
1350-915 - Scene in Pailaviri section, Cerro Rico, Potosi, Bolivia
1350-918 - Miners at Pailaviri mine, Cerro Rico, Potosi, Bolivia
1350-917 - Scene in Pailaviri section, at right and down Pailaviri mine, Cerro Rico, Potosi, Bolivia
1350-1297 - laborers digging for sapphires in the mines of Ilakaka in Madagascar
1350-1296 - laborers digging for sapphires in the mines of Ilakaka in Madagascar
1350-1299 - laborers digging for sapphires in the mines of Ilakaka in Madagascar
1350-919 - Miners at Pailaviri mine, Cerro Rico, Potosi, Bolivia
1350-1298 - laborers digging for sapphires in the mines of Ilakaka in Madagascar
1350-1323 - Girl miss school to pan for gold in the mountains near Ankavandra, Madagascar
1350-916 - Scene in Pailaviri section, Cerro Rico, Potosi, Bolivia
1350-1322 - Girl miss school to pan for gold in the mountains near Ankavandra, Madagascar
1184-5799 - Ancient Lime works in the Ore Mountain Mining Region, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kovarska (Schmiedeberg), Czech Republic, Europe
860-288817 - Reflection of trees in Tinto river, Rio Tinto minas, Rio Tinto, Huelva, Spain
![Clay loaded with iron oxides and dried out, Rio Tinto, Andalusia, Spain *** Local Caption *** R?o Tinto ("Red River") is very acidic (Ph 2) and has a deep reddish hue due to iron dissolved in water. The acidity of the watercourse is linked to the drainage of pyrite, which is very present in the subsoil. Extremophilic and endemic bacteria and algae colonize the river bed, forming a fragile biofilm that evokes the hot springs of Yellowstone Park in the USA.](https://images.robertharding.com/zoom/RM/RH/HORIZONTAL/860-288801.jpg "Clay loaded with iron oxides and dried out, Rio Tinto, Andalusia, Spain *** Local Caption *** R?o Tinto ("Red River") is very acidic (Ph 2) and has a deep reddish hue due to iron dissolved in water. The acidity of the watercourse is linked to the drainage of pyrite, which is very present in the subsoil. Extremophilic and endemic bacteria and algae colonize the river bed, forming a fragile biofilm that evokes the hot springs of Yellowstone Park in the USA.<br />860-288801")
860-288801 - Clay loaded with iron oxides and dried out, Rio Tinto, Andalusia, Spain *** Local Caption *** R?o Tinto ("Red River") is very acidic (Ph 2) and has a deep reddish hue due to iron dissolved in water. The acidity of the watercourse is linked to the drainage of pyrite, which is very present in the subsoil. Extremophilic and endemic bacteria and algae colonize the river bed, forming a fragile biofilm that evokes the hot springs of Yellowstone Park in the USA.
![Reflections on Rio Tinto, near its source, Andalusia, Spain *** Local Caption *** R?o Tinto ("Red River") is very acidic (Ph 2) and has a deep reddish hue due to iron dissolved in water. The acidity of the watercourse is linked to the drainage of pyrite, which is very present in the subsoil. Extremophilic and endemic bacteria and algae colonize the river bed, forming a fragile biofilm that evokes the hot springs of Yellowstone Park in the USA.](https://images.robertharding.com/zoom/RM/RH/HORIZONTAL/860-288798.jpg "Reflections on Rio Tinto, near its source, Andalusia, Spain *** Local Caption *** R?o Tinto ("Red River") is very acidic (Ph 2) and has a deep reddish hue due to iron dissolved in water. The acidity of the watercourse is linked to the drainage of pyrite, which is very present in the subsoil. Extremophilic and endemic bacteria and algae colonize the river bed, forming a fragile biofilm that evokes the hot springs of Yellowstone Park in the USA.<br />860-288798")
860-288798 - Reflections on Rio Tinto, near its source, Andalusia, Spain *** Local Caption *** R?o Tinto ("Red River") is very acidic (Ph 2) and has a deep reddish hue due to iron dissolved in water. The acidity of the watercourse is linked to the drainage of pyrite, which is very present in the subsoil. Extremophilic and endemic bacteria and algae colonize the river bed, forming a fragile biofilm that evokes the hot springs of Yellowstone Park in the USA.
![R?o Tinto, Andalucia, Spain *** Local Caption *** R?o Tinto ("Red River") is very acidic (Ph 2) and has a deep reddish hue due to iron dissolved in water. The acidity of the watercourse is linked to the drainage of pyrite, which is very present in the subsoil. Extremophilic and endemic bacteria and algae colonize the river bed, forming a fragile biofilm that evokes the hot springs of Yellowstone Park in the USA.](https://images.robertharding.com/zoom/RM/RH/HORIZONTAL/860-288800.jpg "R?o Tinto, Andalucia, Spain *** Local Caption *** R?o Tinto ("Red River") is very acidic (Ph 2) and has a deep reddish hue due to iron dissolved in water. The acidity of the watercourse is linked to the drainage of pyrite, which is very present in the subsoil. Extremophilic and endemic bacteria and algae colonize the river bed, forming a fragile biofilm that evokes the hot springs of Yellowstone Park in the USA.<br />860-288800")
860-288800 - R?o Tinto, Andalucia, Spain *** Local Caption *** R?o Tinto ("Red River") is very acidic (Ph 2) and has a deep reddish hue due to iron dissolved in water. The acidity of the watercourse is linked to the drainage of pyrite, which is very present in the subsoil. Extremophilic and endemic bacteria and algae colonize the river bed, forming a fragile biofilm that evokes the hot springs of Yellowstone Park in the USA.
![R?o Tinto, Andalucia, Spain *** Local Caption *** R?o Tinto ("Red River") is very acidic (Ph 2) and has a deep reddish hue due to iron dissolved in water. The acidity of the watercourse is linked to the drainage of pyrite, which is very present in the subsoil. Extremophilic and endemic bacteria and algae colonize the river bed, forming a fragile biofilm that evokes the hot springs of Yellowstone Park in the USA.](https://images.robertharding.com/zoom/RM/RH/VERTICAL/860-288799.jpg "R?o Tinto, Andalucia, Spain *** Local Caption *** R?o Tinto ("Red River") is very acidic (Ph 2) and has a deep reddish hue due to iron dissolved in water. The acidity of the watercourse is linked to the drainage of pyrite, which is very present in the subsoil. Extremophilic and endemic bacteria and algae colonize the river bed, forming a fragile biofilm that evokes the hot springs of Yellowstone Park in the USA.<br />860-288799")
860-288799 - R?o Tinto, Andalucia, Spain *** Local Caption *** R?o Tinto ("Red River") is very acidic (Ph 2) and has a deep reddish hue due to iron dissolved in water. The acidity of the watercourse is linked to the drainage of pyrite, which is very present in the subsoil. Extremophilic and endemic bacteria and algae colonize the river bed, forming a fragile biofilm that evokes the hot springs of Yellowstone Park in the USA.
1265-126 - Salina Turda, underground salt mine tourist attraction in Turda city, Romania, Europe
1265-123 - Salina Turda, underground salt mine tourist attraction in Turda city, Romania, Europe
1265-125 - Salina Turda, underground salt mine tourist attraction in Turda city, Romania, Europe
1265-124 - Salina Turda, underground salt mine tourist attraction in Turda city, Romania, Europe
832-390142 - View of Wheal Coates, Chapel Porth Mine, St. Agnes, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1184-4568 - Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Essen, Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe
1184-4572 - Coking Plant, Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Essen, Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe
1184-4569 - Shaft 12, Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Essen, Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe
1184-4567 - Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Essen, Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe
1184-4570 - Coking plant, Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Essen, Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe
1184-4571 - Shaft 12, Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Essen, Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe
1311-250 - Toxic pond formed from runoff of mine tailings at an abandoned copper mine in the Prescott National Forest near Perkinsville, Arizona, United States of America, North America
1311-251 - Toxic pond formed from runoff of mine tailings at an abandoned copper mine in the Prescott National Forest near Perkinsville, Arizona, United States of America, North America
1112-5258 - The abandoned company mine workers village in Chuquicamata open pit copper mine, Atacama Desert, Chile, South America
1112-5260 - The abandoned company mine workers village in Chuquicamata open pit copper mine, Atacama Desert, Chile, South America
1112-5264 - Huge machinery working the Chuquicamata open pit copper mine, the largest by volume in the world, Chile, South America
1112-5262 - Huge dump trucks working the Chuquicamata open pit copper mine, the largest by volume in the world, Chile, South America
1112-5261 - Huge dump trucks working the Chuquicamata open pit copper mine, the largest by volume in the world, Chile, South America
1112-5259 - The abandoned company mine workers village in Chuquicamata open pit copper mine, Atacama Desert, Chile, South America
1112-5263 - Huge machinery working the Chuquicamata open pit copper mine, the largest by volume in the world, Chile, South America
832-388067 - Desert, Historic Borax Mine, 20 mule team car, Harmony Borax Works, Death Valley National Park, California, USA, North America
1202-294 - A dusk view of the iconic cliffside ruins of Botallack tin mine, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near St. Just, near Penzance, in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1202-296 - A dusk view of the iconic cliffside ruins of Botallack tin mine, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near St. Just, near Penzance, in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1202-354 - Evening sunlight on the ruins of a tin mine, on the Atlantic coast of Cornwall, Wheal Coates mine, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near St. Agnes, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1202-295 - A dusk view of the iconic cliffside ruins of Botallack tin mine, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near St. Just, near Penzance, in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe
832-384569 - Aerial view, wind farm at the lignite opencast mine Garzweiler, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe
1179-4406 - Salt bags in the salt mine of Lake Afrera (Lake Afdera), Danakil Depression, Afar Region, Ethiopia, Africa
1179-4409 - Salt bags and salt mine, Lake Afrera (Lake Afdera), Danakil Depression, Afar Region, Ethiopia, Africa
1199-579 - Tin Mines, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1199-574 - Tin Mines, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1179-4391 - Blocks of salt extracted by miners in the Ahmed Ela Salt Plain, Dallol, Danakil Depression, Afar Region, Ethiopia, Africa
746-89201 - Cala dellArgentiera, Argentiera Cove, Sassari, Sardinia, Italy, Europe
746-89200 - Cala dellArgentiera, Argentiera Cove, Sassari, Sardinia, Italy, Europe
746-89202 - Cala dellArgentiera, Argentiera Cove, Sassari, Sardinia, Italy, Europe
746-89199 - Cala dellArgentiera, Argentiera Cove, Sassari, Sardinia, Italy, Europe
1116-46492 - An Old Building From Mining Days In Independence Mine In Hatcher Pass In Winter, South-Central Alaska, Alaska, United States Of America
1174-7092 - Herd of Galloway cattle grazing near a ruined tin mine engine house
1267-523 - Towanroath Shaft Pumping Engine House, part of the Wheal Coates mine near St. Agnes Head, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe