Lake Burlinskoye Location: Altai Krai, Western Siberia
Lake Burlinskoye is a pink lake in Siberia with a train that runs through it. The train collects sediment from the lake bed using harvesting tools, as a part of a salt harvesting operation dating back to 1768. This method yields 65,000 tons of salt each year.
thinking of all the undiscovered species that must have ended up swept under the rug because they were discovered on a site intended for development or resource extraction and the discovery of a rare species would have stopped the plans
thinking of all the undiscovered species that exist in unprotected and heavily disturbed places that get overlooked because everyone thinks only "untouched wilderness" has undiscovered species
thinking of all the undiscovered species that don't get studied because if everyone knew that "already destroyed," "no longer wild" places contained priceless biodiversity, developers couldn't destroy them for profit
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And all I have to say is if there is one thing in the whole entire world of media we do not need, it is yet another of Peter Jackson's takes on middle earth. Did you all just forget The Hobbit. Do you want another 10 minute scene of dwarves running through the glen pursued by the slowest wargs known to man or elf. WHERE has all the energy gone for the hatred of 'the LotR cinematic universe', WHERE is that meme with 'tom bombadil 2: the revenge' or whatever. I am going insane.