Radioactive Materials Disposal Site Metal Print

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Driving through Utah, what should be by the side of the road, but a radioactive waste disposal site for Uranium mill tailings (by product of the ore miling process). This is Mexican Hat, on the Navajo nation.

Mary Lee Dereske's images celebrate nature, travel and life. She has exhibited in New Mexico and Washington state, and her work has sold internationally. A native daughter of Michigan, she now lives in New Mexico. All images copyrighted by Mary Lee Dereske and may not be reproduced or otherwise used without explicit permission of the artist.