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Compressors and workshop of an old slate quarry which opened its door at the end of 19th century and closed in 1995. Mine started open-pit and in 1918 went underground. The 170 meter deep quarry produced more than a million slates a year. The slate from this mine were dark gray, homogeneous and from extremely good quality. It was mainly used to make rooftiles. Belgium.
1100' west wall of Factory Butte
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Compressors and workshop of an old slate quarry which opened its door at the end of 19th century and closed in 1995. Mine started open-pit and in 1918 went underground. The 170 meter deep quarry produced more than a million slates a year. The slate from this mine were dark gray, homogeneous and from extremely good quality. It was mainly used to make rooftiles. Belgium.
This enormous plume of smoke was coming from a fire at a tyre recycling factory in Spain. The plume came up to over 30,000ft before levelling off at the tropopause. We could see it from well over 200nm away. I checked the local press for the area when I got home that evening and fortunately nobody was injured.
More of my in-flight cloud photos here youtu.be/tbmL6yNda4U
"The Plan was that everybody in the factory would work according to his ability, but would be paid according to his need."
Ayn Rand, "Atlas Shrugged"
un petit panorama d'un levé de soleil sur l'usine roquette. rien de très original mais j'aime l'ambiance de ce levé de soleil
DRI de 3 panorama (0, -1, +2), assemblage de 4 images (105mm)
The brick factory work is seasonal and the employment is contractual, utterly insecure and wage is piece-rated. Though man & woman workers comprise about one-half of the total workforce in every factory, they hail from the families that survive by working as labourer in every conceivable sense; they are from lower caste and class.
Strobist info: 1 vivitar (1/4) in a 60x60 softbox on the left, 1 vivitar (1/16) reflect on a white umbrella on the right and 1 direct vivitar (1/4) for the backlight