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T= he Ros=CC=A6ia Poieni copper mine appears like a wound on Romania= =E2=80=99s Apuseni Mountains=2E In 1987, President Nicolae Ceaus=CC=A6escu = initiated the removal of residents from the neighboring village in order to= create a place to discard the mine=E2=80=99s waste=2E What resulted was a viscous, artificial lake fil= led with water and sludge from the mine=2E

Pharmacist a= nd nature photographer Gheorghe Popa grew up about two hours away by car an= d first encountered the dumping site in 2014=2E The unearthly scene mesmeri= zed him: amid an otherwise picturesque mountain range, a lake tie-dyed in swirls of yellow, red, orange= and turquoise=2E 
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