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Mud, WV

High Resolution Historic Image Overlays

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

People often ask, “Are there pictures of the mountains before mountaintop removal coal mining destroyed them?” Thanks to the United States Geologic Survey and Google Earth, they are right here at your fingertips!

Load image overlay to show Mud River West Virginia’s terrain before mountaintop removal coal mining began.
(Download these images by clicking on the pictures below)


before (image overlay)		after (image overlay)

This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 28th, 2007 at 3:56 pm and is filed under Mud, WV. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2 Responses to “High Resolution Historic Image Overlays”

David Lee Says:
September 17th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
once again our govt oversteps it’s place in our country!
dept. of interior ect…
Weren de Vet Says:
September 21st, 2008 at 12:21 pm
I was shocked.

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Mud, WV

High Resolution Historic Image Overlays

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