DECEIVING BEAUTY

Yukon, Canada, 2010

At first sight, this sapphire lake in the Ogilvie range in the Yukon Territory appears pristine but, upon closer examination, the destructive tailings piles left behind from the dredges along the Klondike River and strip mining operations become as clear as the lake’s water.

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