Bird Scare in Alberta Tar Sands

Air cannon with a sign reading "Caution, loud noise, bird scare" deployed to scare off passing birds next to a toxic tailings pond at the tar sands north of Fort McMurray, northern Alberta.

Unique identifier: GP026NL

Type: Image

Shoot date: 19/07/2009

Locations: Alberta, Canada, Fort McMurray, North America

Credit line: © Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

Containers

Shoot:

Tar Sands & Boreal Forest - Alberta (2 of 3)

Buried below the Boreal Forest of northern Alberta is 3rd largest proven reserve of oil known as the tar sands. Deposits of tar sands are spread out over 138 000 km2 of land (an area the size of Florida) and including 4.3 million hectares of the Boreal Forest. Tar sands are solid at room temperature so it requires more energy and water to extract this oil, making them one of the dirtiest oils on the planet.

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Tar Sands Documentation in Canada (All Photographers & Videos)

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