pictures: gold mining in Peru

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Below you will find a collection of photos from Peru. Pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler in 1995, 2005, and 2011. While these images are the property of mongabay.com, it may be permissible to use them for non-commercial purposes (like powerpoint presentations and school projects), provided that the images are not altered in any form. Please read this for more details. If you are interested in using an image in a publication please contact me.


Environmental news for Peru | SLIDESHOWS: Peru 2011 Peru 2005

Río Huaypetue gold mine in Peru Overhead view of the Río Huaypetue gold mine in Peru Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mines Devastation wrought by an open pit mine in the Amazon Mosaic deforestation near the Transoceanic highway in Peru Aircraft view of Amazon landscape scarred by open pit gold mines Plane view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mining Overview view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mining River silted and polluted by gold mining in the Amazon Plane view of Amazon landscape scarred by open pit gold mining Massive open pit gold mine in the Peru's Madre de Dios department Overhead view of the Río Huaypetue gold mine the Peruvian Amazon Plane view of Amazon landscape scarred by open pit gold mines Aerial view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mines Open pit mines in the Amazon Plane view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mining Aerial view of a muddy, mine waste-laden stream flowing into a rainforest river Aerial picture of gold mining damage in Peru's Amazon rainforest Airplane view of the Río Huaypetue gold mine in Peru Airplane view of Amazon landscape scarred by open pit gold mining Plane view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mines River polluted with mine tailings entering a rainforest river in Peru Airplane view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mines Aerial view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mining Aircraft view of Amazon landscape scarred by open pit gold mines Aircraft view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mines River carrying gold mine sediment and tailings in the Peruvian Amazon Plane view of Amazon landscape scarred by open pit gold mines Overview view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mines River stained by illegal gold mining Massive gold mining area in the Peruvian Amazon Airplane view of deforestation caused by the Río Huaypetue gold mine in the Peruvian Amazon Airplane view of a mine waste-laden stream flowing into a rainforest river in Peru Aerial view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mining Open pit Lamal mine in the Peruvian Amazon Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by gold mines Aerial view of a massive gold mining area in the Amazon Aerial view of a massive gold mining area in the Amazon Amazon landscape scarred by open pit gold mining Devastation wrought by an open pit gold mine in the Peruvian Amazon River polluted with mine tailings in the Amazon rainforest Open pit mine in Peru's Amazon Miners' shantytown next to Rio Huaypetue gold mine Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu (Peru) Open pits at the Rio Huaypetue mine. Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu (Peru) Aerial photo of an open pit gold mine in the Amazon rainforest Airplane view of the Río Huaypetue gold mine in the Amazon rainforest Open pit Lamal gold mine in Peru's Madre de Dios region Overhead view of a massive gold mining area in the Peruvian Amazon Guacamayo or Lamal gold mine in Peru Massive gold mining area in the Peruvian Amazon Open pit Guacamayo mine in the Peruvian Amazon Downstream from the Rio Huaypetue gold mine. Heavy sediment loads and toxic chemicals like mercury and other heavy metals can cause problems for fish and aquatic life Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu (Peru) Open pit mines in the Amazon Aerial view of a massive gold mining area in the Amazon Amazon landscape scarred by open pit gold mining Amazon landscape scarred by open pit gold mines Part of the former Rio Huaypetue. Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu (Peru) Mining damage in the Amazon Aerial photograph of gold mining damage in the Amazon rainforest Overhead view of a massive gold mining area in the Amazon Open pit Lamal gold mine in the Peruvian Amazon Open pits at the Rio Huaypetue mine. Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu (Peru) Airplane view of the Río Huaypetue gold mine the Peruvian Amazon Devastation wrought by an open pit gold mine in the Peruvian Amazon Plane view of Amazon rainforest landscape scarred by open pit gold mining Aerial view of Amazon landscape scarred by open pit gold mines Amazon landscape scarred by gold mines Aerial view of a massive gold mining area in Peru's Amazon region Open pit Guacamayo mine in the Amazon Mining trucks; equipment; opne pits and roads at the Rio Huaypetue gold mine in southeastern Peru Location: Southeastern Peru; from Cuzco to Boca Manu (Peru) Aerial image of gold mining damage in the Peruvian Amazon Mosaic deforestation near the Transoceanic highway in Peru Airplane view of the Río Huaypetue gold mine in the Amazon rainforest River polluted with mine tailings entering a rainforest river Aerial view of the Río Huaypetue gold mine in Peru Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5

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