Apocalyptic landscape in Poland

Published in La Libre Belgique (http://www.lalibre.be/societe/planete/article/629866/assechement-des-lacs-il-faut-le-voir-pour-y-croire.html)

In Poland, Open-pit coal mines mean villages swept away by machines.

All pictures are from Ostrowskie lake and Tomislawice open-pit coal mine in Poland, november 2010