National Geographic Creativeさんのインスタグラム写真 - (National Geographic CreativeInstagram)「Photo by John Stanmeyer @johnstanmeyer and video by Morgan Hornsby @morganhornsby_ / A mound of coal ash lays buried by dirt across the street, so high it obscures much of the Cane Run Generating Station as Mikelle Davidson, 3, takes a brief rest in the grass while playing ball with her sister, Micacla, and her godmother outside their home in Louisville, Kentucky. For years the Cane Run Generating Station burned coal to produce electricity for tens of thousands of homes in the Louisville area, storing the ash in unlined fields on its property in this residential neighborhood until switching to natural gas in 2015. Millions of tons of coal ash still remain in massive mounds like the one across the street, covered in dirt that is now fields of grass. While coal ash is no longer being emitted into the air, the groundwater in and around the plant is contaminated, and residents must use city water. During the decades when the power station used coal, particles of coal ash were so prevalent that people living next to Cane Run almost daily had to brush off the dust from their windows and porches, with many having serious health effects. Photos and videos while on assignment for @natgeo. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @natgeo #louisville #kentucky #pink #pinkball #powerstation #coalash #onassignment」11月20日 8時01分