Taken on a portion of the Appalachian Trail that goes right through a big ol superfund site. I'm not saying that this is some sort of burgeoning radioactive super villain weirdo flower, but...
Oddly enough, I really like this section of the AT. Maybe because it is fairly unique terrain among the thousands of miles of treed-in ridgelines looking out over forest or farmland. But its probably a good thing I enjoy it cuz...marcellus shale, fracking. Oh, and- BONUS VISUAL AIDS!
*Those stills are from the documentary Gasland, which is an incredibly well-done, though incredibly depressing film about the environmental and health effects of fracking and the stonewalling received by anyone seeking help, information, or god forbid, regulation, from the industry, their lobbyists, and the politicians who love them. See that movie.
Badass! You can light water on fire in that place? Oh snap! Who needs Greek fire when your tap water can go up just as quickly?!?
ReplyDeleteAnd that flower is crazy. I've never seen the likes of it -- looks like a cocoon or an ALIEN POD.
Yeah, that's the gas itself contaminating ground water, but its the less visible stuff that's even worse- hundreds of kinds of known carcinogens, poisons, neurotoxins, heavy metals, volatile organics, etc, etc...
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