Caption
RioTinto tidal area and saltmarshes, with healthy vegetation and red silt containing pyrite (an iron mineral common in sediments). The silt is deposited by constant tidal flooding. This image was taken close to a phosphogypsum pond full of industrial waste, which is leaking toxic, radioactive water into the estuary. This part of the estuary is unpolluted.
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