Abandoned gold mine pit with algae and onlooker. Kalimantan, Indonesia

Mine pits are abandoned when the overburden sediments quench the possibility of retrieving more gold. Galangan, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia (Borneo)

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• albedo
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• desert
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• environmental degradation
• gold mining
• human impact
• mine pit
• mining industry
• natural resources
• sediment
• sedimentation
• small scale gold mining

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