Photo of the Day: Konduki Photographer caption: Aerial photo. The middle of Russia, Tula r

Photo of the Day: Konduki 

Photographer caption: Aerial photo. The middle of Russia, Tula region, near Konduki village. Among plains, cornfields and copses lies the abandoned Ushakovsky coal cut. During the Soviet era lignite was mined there, but in the 90s mining was closed due to unprofitability. Now 50-meter-high clay hills are overgrown with birches and aspens, forming a landscape very unusual for this region.

Photo by Alexey Kharitonov (Moscow, Russia); Konduki, Tula region, Russia 

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