I’d been hearing about the coal-mine protests in Germany, but this photo by Sean Gallup is the first that gave me a real sense of the titanic size of the thing and what’s being protested. Just… unreal.

@Meyerweb I've been finding this from Wikipedia, compared against Google Earth historical imagery, fascinating.

You can watch entire villages, roads, railways, even Autobahns slowly being wiped off the face of the earth… and then, years later, watch the craters being filled in and brand new villages, fields and roads appearing as if they'd always been there. #Garzweiler #Lützerath
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagebau_Garzweiler

Tagebau Garzweiler – Wikipedia