Images Dated 30th June 2010

Birkenhead Town Hall 1888 BL08733

BIRKENHEAD TOWN HALL, Hamilton Square, Birkenhead, Merseyside. Exterior of Birkenhead Town Hall showing the portico. A policeman and by-stander look to camera. Photographed by Harry Bedford Lemere, 9th June 1888

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Palm trees on the shore of the Um el Maa lake in the Ubari Sand Sea, Sahara, Libya

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Informal Settlement of Shanty Houses in South Africa Built on Radioactive Uranium Tailings Dump, Tudor Shaft, Krugersdorp, Gauteng Province, South Africa

An Informal Settlement of Shanty Houses in South Africa which was built on top of a Radioactive Mine Tailings Dump comprised almost entirely of highly radioactive Uranium. Tudor Shaft Informal settlement is in Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg and is highly affected by gold mine shaft and tailings dam which are still contains uranium and uranium is radioactive. The community of Tudor Shaft are badly affected by this mines legacy. The community of Tudor Shaft builttheir shacks on the Tailings soil, planted their vegetables and kids play there. The tailings dam has uraniumand uranium is radioactive which is affecting them everyday. Secondly, the area does not have a school for kids. The area does not have running water and toilets they use the water which is polluted by acid mine drainage (AMD) and other heavy metals

© Mitchell Krog