Tag: pollution

  • the Wawa Plume – it’s pollutionalicious!

    a satellite image of generally green terrain with lakes, but a huge yellow plume scar emanating from the south west to the north east
    the wawa plume in 2009, courtesy google maps

    The Wawa Plume (Google maps link) — a 24km trail of environmental destruction left by smelters — is clearly visible from space. You don’t need a weatherman to say that the wind blows from the southwest in Wawa.

    Thanks to Evan o’ the Wildlands League for finding this.

    Update, 2026: it’s still there! (if not quite so obvious):

    a satellite image of generally green terrain with lakes, but a faint yellow plume scar emanating from the south west to the north east
    the wawa plume in 2026, courtesy google maps