Desolate Test Sites

Images of arid landscapes and facilities at nuclear test sites, conveying themes of government projects and environmental monitoring in remote areas.

West Texas, Texas, USA
West Texas, Texas, USA
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Road sign for the protection of snakes Alberta Canada
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U.S. Mexican Border fence,San Diego County, California
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in australia the concept of remote in the outback with asphalt line and water tank
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Fragmented by clearance for agriculture, Rio de Janeiro state, Atlantic Forest, Brazil
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Glass bottle dumped by the side of the road, risk to wildlife and fire. Monument Valley Arizona
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Dense thickets of salt cedar infest the banks and the riverbed of the Little Colorado River April 11 in Winslow, Ariz. The salt cedar, an invasive plant species, will be mostly removed during the Winslow Flood Control Project. According to the U.S. Forest Service, salt cedar disrupts and replaces native plants, degrades native wildlife habitats, drains limited area moisture, and increases wildfire risks.
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Creator: Moapa NWR. Subjects: Fire; hazardous fuels; wildfire. . 1998 - 2011.
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Department of Conservation places warning road signs in an effort to minimize road kills of endangered national bird, Tongariro National Park, New Zealand
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USA, California, Central Valley, San Joaquin River Valley, Lake Kaweah and Terminus Dam (formed by Sierra's Little Kern River, 'bathtub ring' shows lowered water level during drought (Large format sizes available)
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Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Powder River Basin area of northeastern Wyoming for tours; for aerial and ground inspections of coalbed methane gas wells, related water disposal systems, coal mine operations, and surrounding environments; and for talks with Bureau of Land Management state staff
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Southern Nevada Roadside Trash Can
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in australia the concept of remote in the outback with asphalt line and water tank
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Solar panels & solar cooker in remote Himalayan village.
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Huts of squatters, illegal settlers along the Panamericana, near Chimbote, Ancash Region, Peru, South America
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Natural gas development, WY
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Sheikh and oil industry Sheikh and oil industry Copyright: xZoonar.com/Ing.xSchiederxMarkusx 5996663
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USA, California, Drought Spotlight 3 Route 66 Expedition, Victorville, arroyo parallel Route 66, tributary to Mojave River (Large format sizes available)
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Border fence located inside the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge. Subjects: Wildlife refuges; Buildings, facilities and structures. Location: Arizona. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: BUENOS AIRES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. . 1998 - 2011.
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Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to northeastern Utah, including stop at 1890 historical marker left by black soldiers of the 9th Cavalry, based at Fort Duchesne, and involved in patrols, law enforcement, dispute intervention activities near the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation, Uinta Basin, Utah
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The Energy Loop: Huntington/Eccles Canyons Scenic Byway - Site Tells Electric Lake Poser Story. Visitor reads about Electric Lake at this interpretive stop on The Energy Loop: Huntington/Eccles Canyons Scenic Byway. Location: Utah
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USA, Nevada, Crystal Springs, Basin and Range National Monument, Area 51 sign
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There are some empty glass bottles on the roadside, some broken, pollution, digitally edited
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Protest sign against the oil company YPF on the side of the Ruta 40, near Malarguee, Mendoza province, Argentina, South America
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Arivaca Junction, Arizona, Water for Mexican migrants left along a desert trail by volunteers with No More Deaths. The faith-based group's goal is to reduce the death toll among migrants who cross the desert to find work in the United States. More than 5,000 have died since 1998.
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geodetic vertex in the Chirlata area geodetic vertex in the Chirlata area, Gorafe Ravines, Puntal de Don Diego, Granada Geopark, Granada province, Andalusia, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 21750142
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A801210 CROSBYTOWN, TX SOLAR POWER PROJECT WILLIAM MCCULLOCH AUG 19 80 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 8/19/1980 ABOVEGROUND TESTING; AGT; CROSBYTON SOLAR POWER PROJECT; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; MCCULLOCH, WILLIAM; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR TESTS; POWER; SOLAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; SOLAR GRIDIRON CONCEPT; SOLAR HEATING DEVICES; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; SOLAR TESTING; SOLAR TESTS; SOLAR THERMAL ELECTRIC POWER; SOLAR THERMAL TESTING; SUNLIGHT; TEST SITES; TEXAS; TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY; CROSBYTOWN SOLAR POWER PROJECT historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.
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Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - American Smelting and Refining Company (ASARCO) , Environmental Protection Agency
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NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer for Expedition 7 Edward T. Lu, reads a marker placed in front of a tree planted in honor of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on the grounds of the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazahstan on Wednesday, April 9, 2003. The trees along this walkway are planted in honor of other cosmonauts and astronauts.
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Page, Arizona, A sign at a viewpoint for the Glen Canyon Dam asks visitors to refrain from placing graffiti on the rocks.
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A USFWS employee measures the depth of runoff on the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge. Subjects: Erosion; Water conservation; Water management; Wildlife refuges; Employees (USFWS); uniforms; service patch. Location: California. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: SAN DIEGO NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.
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Office of the Administrator - Native Americans in Arizona - image of the Tohono O'odham Nation, Hualapai Tribe, Havasupai Indian Tribe, and the Havasupai Indian Reservation , Environmental Protection Agency
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Gov. Gary Herbert activated the Utah National Guard to assist local first responders in search and rescue efforts after flash floods hit the border town of Hildale, Utah. Soldiers from the Utah Guard 2-222nd Field Artillery Battalion were dispatched from the nearby communities of St. George and Cedar City to aid in the rescue efforts. The flood, which raged out of Maxwell Canyon and through the tiny border town of Hildale and Colorado City, Ariz., about 5 p.m. on Monday, is believed to be the single most deadly weather event in Utah history.
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stand with free mineral mud on coast of Dead Sea
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Churchill Manitoba Canada
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Old tire discarded in Wadi Rum desert, nature pollution concept Old tire discarded in Wadi Rum desert, nature pollution concept Copyright: xZoonar.com/LuboxIvankox 21159848
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Dolphin Rescue - 26-HK-130-200. Hurricane Katrina
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Vicugnas caught for mowing Ciaccu Altiplano Peru
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Cactus Moving and planting.
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Elevation Sea Level Sign in Desert
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Tonopah, Arizona, No Trespassing signs at the Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant. It is one of the largest nuclear plants in the U.S., and the only one not located on a large body of water. It uses recycled wastewater from the Phoenix area.
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Office of the Administrator - Native Americans in Arizona - image of the Tohono O'odham Nation, Hualapai Tribe, Havasupai Indian Tribe, and the Havasupai Indian Reservation , Environmental Protection Agency
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Coussouls de Crau Nature Reserve, Saint Martin de Crau, Bouches du Rhone, France
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Sign protesting reduced allocation of water allotments. Famers get reduced water allocations as the result of dry Winter conditions and smaller snow packs. San Joaquin Valley, Fresno County, California, USA
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Sign up to the next petrol station sign up to the next petrol station
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Office of the Administrator - Native Americans in Arizona - image of the Tohono O'odham Nation, Hualapai Tribe, Havasupai Indian Tribe, and the Havasupai Indian Reservation , Environmental Protection Agency
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late August, 2006. Subjects: Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge; KNWR; Recreation; Tourism; Landscapes; Human impacts; Petroleum industries; Wildlife viewing; Tundra. . 1998 - 2011.
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Wildlife Photography at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico
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Water level gauge at Rio Hondo Spreading Grounds, Water Replenishment District - WRD, Pico Rivera, Los Angeles County
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Sign pointing to Disposal site in Utah, USA.
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Tipi in shortgrass prairie habitat, West Bloc, Grasslands N. P. Southern Saskatchewan, Canada, North America
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Creator: Hollingsworth, John and Karen. Subjects: California; Don Edwards at San Francisco Bay; National Wildlife Refuge; Recreation. . 1998 - 2011.
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IRWINDALE, California - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District public affairs set up lights, camera, audio equipment in preparation for a joint-video production at the Santa Fe Dam Recreational Park May 31 in LA County. USACE teamed with the LA County Parks and Recreation Agency to produce bilingual summer safety videos for the recreating public. (Photo by Robert DeDeaux, Los Angeles District PAO)
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Navajo Reservation
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North America, USA, Oregon, Burns. Bureau of Land Management sign on the prairie for Wild Horse Corrals
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Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, Arizona, for touring and discussions highlighting the increased federal funding projected for Las Cienegas in the fiscal year 2004 budget
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Tourist disposing of rubbish on a campsite, waste separation, Sesriem, Namibia, Africa
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Entrance sign for John Day Fossil Beds National Monument Sheep Rock Unit in Eastern Oregon, USA.