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Aerial view of the dike after the breach

Source of the photo
http://index.hu/belfold/2010/10/04/iszapomles_veszprem_megyeben/?p=0
Author of the description
Gruiz Katalin

The aerial photo shows the extent of the red mud spill after breach of the dike wall. An estimated amount of   800 000 cubic meter of alkaline slurry  was spilled from the red mud  storage impoundment  in the direction of Kolontar village. The photo shows the large agricultural area around the dike.