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Tire towers, mesmerizing mines and deforestation: Amazing aerial photos show the staggering scope and scale of how humans reshaped the planet

By Dusica Sue Malesevic
DailyMail.com

The images are, at times, otherworldly and unrecognizable. Others clearly show the tire towers, highways bisecting lush green fields, and row after row of water-damaged cars.

For photographer Edward Burtynsky, his aerial takes of landscapes, such as the one above of a phosphor tailings pond in Florida, are a way to show how humans have reshaped the planet.

The photos are part of an undertaking called the Anthropocene Project, which Burtynsky worked on with wife-husband filmmaker duo Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier, and includes a new book, exhibitions, and a documentary film that had its recent U.S. premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. 

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