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Rio Doce, Brazil

auteur: Nasa/Novapix

référence: t-sabrl-00013

Image Size 300 DPI: 47 * 31 cm

Contaminated Rio Doce seen from the International Space Station (ISS) in february 2018. On November 5, 2015, a tailings pond dam failed at an iron mine in southeastern Brazil, sending contaminated water sediment through the nearby village of Bento Rodrigues and into tributaries of the Rio Doce. Toxic mud reaches Atlantic ocean via Rio Doce estuary.

Keywords for this photo:

2018 - ATLANTIC OCEAN - BRAZIL - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - EXPEDITION 54 - OCEAN - POLLUTION - RIVER - SOUTH AMERICA - WATER -