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Beautiful Destruction Gallery

Selected Aerial Photographs from Beautiful Destruction Book

Abstract pattern of residual bitumen or oil floating on Suncor’s South Tailings pond near Fort McMurray Alberta

The industrial construction site for Exxon's Kearl oil sands project

Detail of one Syncrude’s massive sulfur piles at the Mildred Lake bitumen upgrader or refinery

Diversified tour bus carrying workers home on the divided Highway 63 beside Base Mine Lake tailings pond south of Syncrude's Mildred Lake Upgrader

Patches of bitumen and oil reflecting a rainbow spectrum of light on the surface of CNRL’s Horizon tailings pond in the Alberta Tar or Oil Sands.

Five massive dump trucks parked like children's toys in sandbox at Suncor's Millennium Mine in Northern Alberta

Reflection of sunset and sky light in the oily surface of the Albian Sands tailings pond in the the Alberta oil or tar sands.

SAGD well pad in the boreal forest, part of Cenovus' Pelican Lake Grand Rapids operation in Northern Alberta

top of Sulfur pile and snow at Syncrude's sulphur stockpile at Mildred Lake, Alberta.

Formation or flock of Canada Geese flying over an open pit bitumen mine in Northern Alberta

Effluent boiling out of a stand pipe entirely covered by tailings at the edge of a tailings pond at the Athabasca Oil Sands Project near Fort McKay, Alberta.

Funky oily patterns on the surface of a tailings pond in the Alberta Oil or Tar Sands

Machines stripping the first layer of earth at an open pit bitumen mine , part of the Alberta Oil or Tar Sands

Stockpile of green industrial pipes for the oil industry in Northern Alberta Canada

Industrial boat on Suncor's South Tailings Pond north of Fort McMurray Alberta

An orange backhoe shovel working on the settling pond at the Agrium fertilizer plant near Fort Saskatchewan Alberta

Myriad of items in an industrial waste landfill at the Muskeg River Mine near Fort McKay, Alberta

SAGD pipe construction in the boreal forest at the Sunshine Oilsands West Ells operations northwest of Fort McMurray Alberta

Winter logging with freshly cut trees under a layer of new snow at Suncor’s Steepbank Mine.

Boreal forest muskeg typical of many areas in Northern Alberta Canada

A trailer camp to house workers at CNRL’s Horizon project

Snow or ice floes floating in raw bitumen and oil in a Suncor tailings pond north of Fort McMurray Alberta

outdoor pavilion commissioned for major First Nations festival 2013

Aerial Photograph of a Caterpillar bulldozer at Suncor's Steepbank open pit bitumen mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.

Notched pattern of thermal conduit piping beside a road in the boreal forest as part of Suncor’s Firebag project in Northern Alberta

Neatly organized array of pipes, couplers and other fittings for the construction of ConocoPhillips Surmont 2 SAGD project

a wide perspective on Suncor's Millennium mine, one of the massive open pit mines north of Fort McMurray Alberta

Industrial pumping vessel on the surface of Syncrude’s South West Sand Storage tailings pond north of Fort McMurray Alberta.

Aerial view of 4 bitumen storage tanks and pipes at Enbridge’s Cheecham terminal connecting Woodland and Waupsioo pipelines

Steam rising from warm effluent pouring into a frozen, snow-covered tailings pond.

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