File:Mount Polley Mine dam breach 2014.jpg

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English: Aerial view of the earthen dam at Mount Polley Mine in British Columbia that breached on August 4, 2014, sending contaminated water into nearby lakes.
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Source Visible Earth, NASA
Author Jesse Allen, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Caption by Adam Voiland.
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  • English: Mount Polley Mine site on July 24, 2014, prior to the dam breach on August 4, 2014 – a NASA-Earth-Observatory image
    English: Mount Polley Mine site on July 24, 2014, prior to the dam breach on August 4, 2014 – a NASA-Earth-Observatory image

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