Marisa Gertz | Time

Marisa Gertz

Darrow, LouisianaThis ‘red mud’ waste from the processing of bauxite ore is the same type of toxic material that spilled south of Budapest in 2010, flowing into the River Marcal, killing all the wildlife there, before flowing into and poisoning the Danube. The more than one million cubic metres of waste could only be completely neutralized by one million cubic metres of strong acid, an ironic thing to have to pour into a river in an attempt to save it.

These Aerial Photos Reveal the Devastating Cost of Industrial Pollution

From photographer J. Henry Fair's new book, Industrial Scars

From photographer J. Henry Fair's new book, Industrial Scars

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An Aerial Photographer Finds Art on Earth

The images are inspired by abstract expressionist paintings

The images are inspired by abstract expressionist paintings

The star formation region, Messier 78, in the constellation of Orion (The Hunter), was taken with the VISTA infrared survey telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile and released on Oct. 5, 2016.

Hidden Stars Are Revealed in Images of a Dusty Nebula

By the VISTA telescope in Chile

By the VISTA telescope in Chile

See the Most Stunning Images of Earth from Landsat’s Space Operation

World Space Week puts the focus on remote sensing missions

World Space Week puts the focus on remote sensing missions

Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, joined by family pets Sunny and Bo, wait to greet visitors in the Blue Room during a White House tour, Nov. 5, 2013.

The First Dogs of the White House

From F.D.R's Fala to Obama's Bo

From F.D.R's Fala to Obama's Bo

Skyscapes:Ainsley Bennet captured this image of Venus and the crescent Moon on a misty morning on the Isle of Wight in October. The image looked like something from a science fiction movie, with Binary stars rising from the horizon of an unknown planet, he writes.

The Winners of the Best Astronomy Photos of 2016

An unusual image of a total solar eclipse took first place

An unusual image of a total solar eclipse took first place

Curiosity got close to this outcrop, which displays finely layered rocks, on Sept. 9, 2016.

The Mars Rover Sent Back Some Pictures and They Look a Lot Like the American Southwest

The new images from the Curiosity Rover rival photos taken in U.S. National...

The new images from the Curiosity Rover rival photos taken in U.S. National Parks, NASA says