Watch MTR From Space on NASA’s Website.
Mar 4th, 2010 by admin
NASA has posted this powerful images of the Hobet mountaintop removal complex in Boone and Lincoln counties in West Virginia – be sure to watch the mine grow over the last 15 years at this link: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/WorldOfChange/hobet.php
The Hobet Mine has been notorious for it’s water quality violations – including quantities of selenium high enough to cause mutations in fish – such as a twisted spine or two eyes on the same side of the head. The permitted area above recently received final approval by the EPA.
