Philippe Clement / Water in the abandoned red marble quarry of Carriere de Beauchateau in the Belgian Ardennes, Belgium, August 2012

Konrad Wothe / Ochre quarry of Roussillon, Languedoc-Roussillon, Provence, Southern France, April 2006

Ashley Cooper / Slate quarries in Elterwater in the Langdale Valley, Lake District, England, UK, July.

Ashley Cooper / Slate quarries in Elterwater, Langdale Valley, Lake District, England, UK, July 2006.

Ashley Cooper / Castle Cement Quarry in Clitheroe, Lancashire, UK. February 2008

Adrian Davies / Slate quarry, Delabole, Cornwall, England, UK. March, 2018.

Alan Williams / Minera Limeworks disused limestone quarry now a North Wales Wildlife Trust Reserve, near Minera, west of Wrexham, North Wales UK, August.

Alan Williams / Minera Limeworks disused limestone quarry now a North Wales Wildlife Trust Reserve, near Minera, west of Wrexham, North Wales UK, August.

Andrew Cooper / Aerial view of Ashburton village, looking towards the quarry, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, England, UK, October 2015.

Graham Eaton / Disused copper mine and quarry workings, Parys Mountain, Amlwch, Isle of Anglesey, Wales, UK, September 2016.

Willem Kolvoort / Algae on remains of constructions in flooded slate quarry on Belnahua island. Scotland. 1996

Willem Kolvoort / Lift construction in flooded slate quarry on Belnahua island. Scotland. 1996