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Re:The coal mine that ate Hambacher forest by mc32 on Friday July 12, 2019 @08:32AM (#20420191)
That has echoes of the “Siberian Maldives” [1]. An ash lake that has turquoise waters, due to toxic pollutants, where lots of people go to take selfies ignoring the warning signs posted to not go in the lake... but people still do.

[1]https://time.com/5623538/toxic-waste-dump-selfies/

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Re:The coal mine that ate Hambacher forest by maze-le on Friday July 12, 2019 @10:29AM (#20420994)
I was barely alive at that time, so I only know these stories from my family members. But I've seen photographs of the time, that confirm it happened, albeit I doubt that it happened on a regular basis.
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