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Serra Pelada was a large gold mine in Brazil, 430 kilometres (270 mi) south of the mouth of the Amazon River. The mine was made infamous by the still images taken by Alfredo Jaar and later by Sebastião Salgado and the first section of Godfrey Reggio's 1988 documentary Powaqqatsi, showing an anthill of workers moving vast amounts of ore by hand
His most famous pictures are of a gold mine in Brazil called Serra Pelada, taken between 1986 and 1989. [11] He has also been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2001. [12] Between 2004 and 2011, Salgado worked on Genesis, aiming at the presentation of the unblemished faces of nature and humanity. It consists of a series of photographs of ...
Workers in a gold mine at Transvall-Johannesburg, South Africa (1900) Bettmann / Contributor / Getty Images The post 11 Historical Photos That Prove Gold Prospecting Isn’t for the Faint of Heart ...
The Salt of the Earth (also released under the French title Le sel de la terre) is a 2014 internationally co-produced biographical documentary film directed by Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado. [3] It portrays the works of Salgado's father, the Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado. [4]
Gold mining can significantly alter the natural environment. Gold mining activities in tropical forests are increasingly causing deforestation along rivers and in remote areas rich in biodiversity. [73] [74] Mining has increased rainforest loss up to 70 km beyond lease boundaries, causing nearly 11,670 km 2 of deforestation between 2005 to 2015 ...
The Cerro Gordo Mines are a collection of abandoned mines located in Cerro Gordo in the Inyo Mountains, Inyo County, near Lone Pine, California. Mining operations spanned 1866 to 1957, producing high grade silver , lead , and zinc ore; and, more rarely, gold ore and copper ore . [ 1 ]
Prosecutors in the Sen. Bob Menendez bribery case on Friday released more than 100 photos of the cash and gold seized from the New Jersey Democrat's home, presenting a clearer picture of the ...
Las Médulas (Spanish pronunciation: [las ˈmeðulas]) is a historic gold-mining site near the town of Ponferrada in the comarca of El Bierzo (province of León, Castile and León, Spain). It was the most important gold mine , as well as the largest open-pit gold mine in the entire Roman Empire . [ 1 ]