Fossil Fuels - Black Carbon - Traffic Dust - Soot in America.
Santa Barbara County Administration Building address facade with black drippings,2012 |
All photos (C) 2012 {D. T. Lange}
Photo essays of visibly distressed landscapes in the urban American West. Our health, and our landscape, is being destroyed by the toxic components of the air pollution we generate. These photo essays, centered mostly in Santa Barbara, CA, and Portland, OR, serve as stark reminders.
Santa Barbara County Administration Building address facade with black drippings,2012 |
Diesel particulate - Photo Link (not an endorsement of hybrid cars.) |
Embedded black carbon diesel soot emissions, Flagstaff, AZ.October 23, 2012. The embedded particulate is represents only a small portion of diesel soot produced, the rest went into our communities. |
A shallow Rio Grande River at Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 16, 2012. |
The Santa Fe River, an integral part of the Santa Fe Watershed, and its concrete channel before it flows to the Rio Grande River, Santa Fe, New Mexico, October 13, 2012. |
The Santa Fe River, an integral part of the Santa Fe Watershed, before it flows to the Rio Grande River, Santa Fe, New Mexico, October 13, 2012. |
Santa Fe Watershed signage at a bridge that spans the Santa Fe River which then flows to the Rio Grande River, Santa Fe, New Mexico, October 13, 2012 |