Environmental Graffiti

Giant Mushrooms!!!

The image of gnomes sat atop giant toadstools is part of popular mythology and grist to the mill of the bad garden ornaments industry. Something clearly excites some people about the idea of giant mushrooms – and we're not just talking bored housewives and tripped out 60s casualties or latter day Doors fans like the dude pictured here. When giant shroomarooms are the dish of the day, everyone's appetites are whetted over the prospect of seeing these fleshy, spore-bearing monstrosities.

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7 Most Massive Single Meteorites on Earth

Like fugitives on the run from distant solar systems, meteors hurtle through the earth’s atmosphere, lighting up the eyes of observers on the ground. Often these fireballs of metal and rock burn up in a blaze of glory, and many do not survive their impact with the Earth’s surface. Those that do start a more settled life here on Earth as meteorites. Some might even claim to be the new sheriffs in town – they’re that big and resistant to weathering.

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10 Most Incredible Earth Scars

With explosions and massive machines scraping into the earth’s crust like a bad case of scabies, it's small wonder open cast mining has made what many see as an unpleasant impact on the planet’s surface. The face of the globe is beleaguered with giant scars, scoured out in our ongoing bid to the plunder the planet of its natural resources. We’ve selected 7 of the holes most needing a bit of environmental ointment – where rehabilitation of the land could take some time.

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