Aftermath of Hungary's toxic spill

Remember the toxic waste that poured from an alumina plant in Hungary in 2010 and wended its way down Marcal River to the Danube? Spanish photographer Palíndromo Mészáros revisited the sludge-coated region six months after the spill and took these arresting photos.

(Via Jess Zimmerman.)

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