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Whats In The Photo:Photograph showing a frozen "waterfall" of waste drilling fluids, caused by a spill from a natural gas drilling site in the Piceance Basin of western Colorado (near the town of Rifle and the Roan Plateau). Photo from the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, apparently taken on February 20, 2008. Spill is in Garden Gulch, a tributary to West Parachute Creek. See the DNR's 3/6/08 press release on this event at http://dnr.state.co.us/newsapp/press.asp?pressid=4783 .
Caption:Frozen Waterfall of Drilling Fluid, Garden Gulch Colorado - February 2008
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Photographer Name:John Amos
Organization Name:Colorado DNR
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