Surreal Photo Series From Drought-Hammered Amazon Basin - Yahoo

[hatrack]

Never thought I'd see what looks like scenes from the Aral Sea in the middle of equatorial Brazil.

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/events/sc/120203climateissues;_ylt=ArbnlMpXu22j.W1ipIK55ulrAlMA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

[NNadir]

1. Holy shit.

This is the Amazon basin.

These photos are terrifying.

[skids]

2. Those are pretty astounding photos. Recommended. n/t

[MelissaB]

5. Ditto! Piling on another. These are amazing.

[BlueWolf]

3. Thanks for the link. I had no idea.

Those pictures are amazing.

[phantom power]

4. Oh no.

[phusion]

6. fuck

this is unreal.

[JJackFlash]

7. 25% of the world's oxygen is produced in the Amazon rainforests

and they're being turned into a desert wasteland.

[ret5hd]

8. we're fucked...the religious right/neocons succeeded...

we have murdered the earth...it is only a matter of time now.

[JJackFlash]

9. It wasn't the religious right/neocons in this case

just local people trying to make a buck and raise their families. It takes a strong government to put a stop to these things.

[ret5hd]

10. really? what gov't has worked for decades to make sure...

they don't have a strong gov't?

who has benefited from the agenda of ecological destruction in south america?

[kimchi]

11. It seems like it is already too late.

If I were Christian, I would be talking about the end times. These pictures are the scariest I've seen in my life.

Kick and recommend.

[mom cat]

12. I just broke down crying...Mother is sick...very sick...I am not sure

she is going to make it at all.Send these pictures out to everyone you know...then go turn down your thermostat. Please.

[Pooka Fey]

13. It's hard to look at these and think anything other than

we are so fucked. :scared:

[yowzayowzayowza]

14. Whoa... Looks like the Sahara or Chad.

Thx.
:kick:

[hatrack]

15. Blecch - Tony Blair Warning!

I just linked to this and the first photo is of Prime Minister Dumbass. Feh.

Ignore and go to the second photo in the series using the buttons at the top.

[northamericancitizen]

16. kick