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Gruiz Katalin Description appears if you click on the photo.
The red mud catastrophe has...
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The emptied part of Kolontár...
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The bridge in Kolontár...
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The reconstructed railway
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Deserted houses in Kolontár...
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Deserted houses in Kolontár...
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Deserted homes
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Deflector wall protects the...
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Houses in Kolontár village
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House in Kolontár village
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Traces of the red mud flow on...
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Gardens in Kolontár
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House in Kolontár village
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House, garden and water well
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Place of the gas meter
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Pile of red mud and waste...
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Red equipment
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Waste pile on the streets of...
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Announcement about animal...
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Torna creek plate
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Red sludge accumulated in the...
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The cleaned bank of the Torna...
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pH-measurement in the creek...
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The banks of the creek in...
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Red water, white bank
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Earthwork equipment on the...
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Plaster is placed on the soil...
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Earthwork equipment along the...
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Trucking company in Devecser
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Deserted houses in Devecser
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The above photos were made by Katalin Gruiz during the site trip done by the expert team one month after the breach of the red mud pond dyke. The expert team included besides representatives of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, members of the Research Institute for Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry of the Hungarian Academy of Science, experts of the British Geological Survey and of the Newcastle University.
The above slides present the actual status of the affected villages (Kolontár and Devecser), of the red mud pond and the contaminated agricultural area.