Ajka Disaster on Google Earth

The area where the toxic mud was stored near the Ajka, Hungary aluminium plant is clearly visible on Google Earth.

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If you move your mouse to the left a bit, you can explore the photographs uploaded by users of the nearby town of Kolontar. Such photos include these examples:

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It looks beautiful doesn’t it? I picturesque, European town.

However when you start looking at the more recent photos, they look like this:

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If you haven’t followed the story, that mud is toxic. Eight have already died, large areas of land have been overcome, and no-one is quite sure whether the village will ever be habitable again.

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