Tuesday, February 10, 2009

expectoration


"Plume of foam in bauxite waste. Producing aluminum metal involves refining bauxite (the ore), using caustic chemicals to produce alumina and the electrolytic reduction of alumina to produce aluminum. This depicts the disposal of the byproducts, in which the solids (mostly impurities in the bauxite) are separated from the liquids." - J. Henry Fair

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  1. this guy is part of a group show at Mass MoCA; these large scale aerial photos of mining operations and the like were stunning. Too bad all the online stuff is small.

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