TOURING EXHIBIT: The True Cost of Oil: Clearwater River #1. Northern Alberta. Canada, September, 2005.

Located just east of Fort McMurray, Alberta, the intact Clearwater River shown here, soon joins the Athabasca River as it winds its way north through the Tar Sands, bordered by the vast, unlined, leaching tailings ponds which border it on either side. Forests like this are tranformed into tar mines to access the {quote}bitumen{quote} buried under them.
Clearwater River #1. Northern Alberta. Canada, September, 2005.

Located just east of Fort McMurray, Alberta, the intact Clearwater River shown here, soon joins the Athabasca River as it winds its way north through the Tar Sands, bordered by the vast, unlined, leaching tailings ponds which border it on either side. Forests like this are tranformed into tar mines to access the "bitumen" buried under them.