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Dam Burst Brazil one Year After
In Barra Longa, around 80 km from Mariana (Minas Gerais), the Gualaxo do Norte river, polluted with the mining tailings mud that still flows from Samarco's iron mine and areas hit by the "mud tsunami", meets the clean Carmo river, in a dramatic division that goes on to contaminate the Doce river, one of Brazil's most important ones, reaching and polluting the Atlantic Ocean. On Nov. 5th 2015, aprox. 40 billion liters of mining tailings contaminated mud broke from Samarco's (owned by Vale and BHP Blliton) Fundao dam, in the biggest enviromental disaster of Brazil's history. Mariana, Nov. 1st, 2016 (Photo by Gustavo Basso/NurPhoto)
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| Photo ID | #1548741 |
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| Photographer | Gustavo Basso/NurPhoto |
| Category | Environmental Issue |
| Copyright | © 2026 NurPhoto - Gustavo Basso/NurPhoto |
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