Otter Juan/Coronet mine #1, 2007, Edward Burtynsky, Kalgoorlie. Agriculture represents - by far - the largest human activity upon the planet. “The original idea for the shipbreaking started a long time ago. This material comes from and collects around urban centres in large recycling yards. Only double-hulled ships would be allowed on the open sea to prevent that kind of catastrophe from happening again. I document landscapes that, whether you think of them as beautiful or monstrous, or as some strange combination of the two, are clearly not vistas of an inexhaustible, sustainable world. Memorable scenes include a Chinese iron factory where employees are … I no longer see my world as delineated by countries, with borders, or language, but as 7 billion humans living off a single, finite planet.”. Burtynsky instead focusses on the visual and physical effects of the lack of water, giving its absence an even more powerful presence." But time goes on, and that flush of wonder began to turn. Por eso me encanta el trabajo del fotógrafo canadiense Edward Burtynsky al documentar las transformaciones de la naturaleza a causa de la actividad humana y las consecuencias de nuestra sed por el oro negro. Aquaculture provides a glimpse into this quickly growing and increasingly important food source. It would be a study of humanity and the skill it takes to dismantle these things. Toronto, Canada Area Marketing & Community Relations at Whole Foods Market Marketing and Advertising Education Ryerson University 2004 — 2006 Bachelor of Commerce, Marketing Management, Minor in E-Business and Communications George Brown College 2001 — 2004 Business Administration-Marketing Loyola C.S.S 1994 — 1998 Experience Whole Foods Market July 2012 - … The shipyard industry that has long disappeared from the Western World is thriving in China and part of the large manufacturing machine that this country has become. Burtynsky also takes us to India, to witness the largest pilgrimage on the planet with 35 million people arriving to bathe in the Ganges to release them of their sins—an ancient spiritual belief in the cleansing power and sacredness of water. – Edward Burtynsky. Water is also often completely absent from the pictures. Edward Burtynsky got to Barre for the first time in 1991 as a result of a photographic quest for quarries in Northern Ontario. Almost all of Bao Steel’s iron ore is imported, being sourced in Australia, Brazil, South Africa and India. Just as important is a rising industrial production capability. These images are all from a place called Grey County, Ontario. Burtynsky's new and highly anticipated book Water tells us the story of where water comes from, how we use it, distribute and waste it. In the Homesteads series, the precise geographic location, whether in British Columbia, Alberta, Montana, or upstate New York, is not really significant, since the primary elements remain the same: the small homes and outbuildings dotting the nearly empty land. Our achievements became a source of infinite possibilities. When he expressed his disappointment with the small scale of operations in Temagami, a quarryman there described a series of spectacular quarries he’d seen in Vermont. The marble quarries of Makrana have supplied stone for some of the most storied and beautiful structures in all of human history―the Jain temples of Mount Abu and Ranakur and that shimmering monument to lost love, Agra’s Taj Mahal. The car that I drove cross-country began to represent not only freedom, but also something much more conflicted. Track, Thompson River, British Columbia 1985, Railcuts #5C.N. In this immersive talk, featuring his spectacular photographs, Burtynsky tells us the story of water: where i t comes from, and how we use it, distribute it, and waste it. Like many of us, Burtynsky went to Carrara dreaming of Michelangelo. The shipyard industry that has long disappeared from the Western World is thriving in China and part of the large manufacturing machine that this country has become. His camera penetrates into entire villages dedicated solely to the recycling of electronic waste, plastics and metals where the painstaking work of sorting is done by hand. mass consumerism… and the resulting degradation of our environment intrinsic to the process of making things to keep us happy and fulfilled frightens me. Shortly after Edward Burtynsky made this photograph, lightning struck the tire dump, creating a fire that burned for thirty days. I had found an organic architecture created by our pursuit of raw materials. Once the scrap arrives at its destination, workers use their hands and primitive tools to pick apart the junked computers and salvage precious components. It was a trip that launched his career. EDWARD BURTYNSKY (b 1955) Edward Burtynsky is a Canadian artist renowned for his sustained investigation of the “indelible human signature” on the planet, caused by incursions into the landscape on an industrial scale. The automobile is the main basis for our modern industrial world, giving us a certain freedom and changing our world dramatically. What went off in my mind was, wouldn’t it be interesting to see where these massive vessels will be taken apart. We feel that by describing the problem vividly, by being revelatory and not accusatory, we can help spur a broader conversation about viable solutions. I remember looking at buildings made of stone, and thinking, there has to be an interesting landscape somewhere out there because these stones had to have been taken out of the quarry one block at a time. Emphasizing these pictorial concerns within the landscape tradition was for him another way to contribute to the field and to assert the relevance of painting to his photographic practice. In China, e-waste recycling is, for the most part, not yet a refined industry. The waste is brought to China via ship, just as much as the new products are being distributed over the world through ships. He shows us its remote sources, the transformation of desert into water-rich cities, the compromised landscapes of the American Southwest. Bao Steel is the sixth largest steel producer in the world. “…. Track, Skihist Provincial Park, British Columbia 1985, Railcuts #4C.N. Although the river and the surrounding landscape are together one, the bright orange stream is the shape we detach and focus on or the figure. Building mega dams in the 21st century has gathered much global criticism and is central to a growing debate. We've never stopped taking things from nature. Now it is becoming clear that humankind, with its population explosion, industry, and technology, has in a very short period of time also become an agent of immense global change. From the beginning of his career, Burtynsky was attuned to the delicate balance that exists between humans and the environment. E-waste is hazardous and its processing is a high-risk endeavor even in state-of-the-art facilities. As a result, there is a notable degree to which these pictures “inform the typically omniscient viewpoint with an charge of topicality.”. They employ a thousand workers who extract a million tons of marble each year. For the artist, it suggested inverted architecture: an idea about quarries that he had long dreamed of, but in the eyes of the quarryman it was an evolutionary history of extraction technology. In the province of Guangdong, one can drive for hours along numerous highways that reveal a virtually unbroken landscape of factories and workers’ dormitories. Alastair Sooke. He shows us its remote sources, the transformation of desert into water-rich cities, the compromised landscapes of the American Southwest. State-owned enterprises are rapidly being demolished and rebuilt at industrial parks outside the city, along with many other new factories. However, for many Indians the Makrana quarries are the Pits of Death. We hope that, through our contribution, today’s generation will be inspired to carry the momentum of this discussion forward, so that succeeding generations may continue to experience the wonder and magic of what life, and living on Earth, has to offer.”. Near Kamloops, British Columbia 1985, Homesteads #37Cottage North of Princeton. We hope to bring our audience to an awareness of the normally unseen result of civilization’s cumulative impact upon the planet. As well as the waste rock that transforms the surrounding landscape there are also tailings - silts and sands suspended in copious amounts of polluted water, which are the remains of ore that has been processed. Edward Burtynsky finds an amazing amount of beauty in the industrial landscape, If the viewer isn't moved by his images, then there's something wrong. The St. Catharines, Ont.-born photographer has spent decades taking bird's-eye-view shots of tailings ponds, sawmills, potash mines, and garbage dumps. What is different today is the scale. Water is part of a pattern I've watched unfold throughout my career. Aquaculture looks as those places where land and sea is been shaped to serve the purposes of growing and harvesting water-based crops such as salt, fish, shrimp, seaweed and rice. My hope is that these pictures will stimulate a process of thinking about something essential to our survival; something we often take for granted—until it’s gone.”, "I wanted to understand water: what it is, and what it leaves behind when we're gone. Burtynsky’s new and highly anticipated book Water tells us the story of where water comes from, how we use it, distribute and waste it. In China, e-waste recycling is, for the most part, not yet a refined industry. By Alistair Sooke The Telegraph. Approximately seventy percent of all fresh water under our control is dedicated to this activity. In the province of Guangdong, one can drive for hours along numerous highways that reveal a virtually unbroken landscape of factories and workers’ dormitories. "When I first started photographing industry it was out of a sense of awe at what we as a species were up to. The startling colours are those we see when lava flows from an erupting volcano, which is perhaps why we immediately associate this image with natural disaster. In Edward Burtynsky’s Nickel Tailings #34 and 35we see a large river of what seems to be thick orange liquid running through a dark landscape. In China, e-waste recycling is, for the most part, not yet a refined industry. Once the scrap arrives at its destination, workers use their hands and primitive tools to pick apart the … The central meaning of these pictures is the rudimentary interaction between people and the land. The operation in Iberia Quarries #9 has reached a depth of more than 450 feet. The quarries of southeastern Portugal are often extremely deep. Turn the image Iberia Quarries #3 upside down and there it finally is – the inverted ziggurat that he had so long imagined. Not only are new cities emerging but immense urban renewal efforts are also underway. As long as human needs and desires change, so too will the landscape. These new ‘manufacturing landscapes’ in the southern and eastern parts of China produce more and more of the world’s goods and have become the habitat for a diverse group of companies and millions of busy workers. The photograph of the Cochico company’s quarry at Pardais (Iberia Quarries #8) was made using one of the orange-painted elevator platforms cantilevered from the lower right wall of the pit. “…. In his powerful series on water, Edward Burtynsky explores how humans source, use, distribute and waste this precious resource, often taking its availability for granted. Blasted rock-face fills most of the frames in these images, and the tightly cropped views of the railway line seen head-on are strangely airless and even claustrophobic. From the frigid sleep of winter to the fecund urgency of spring, these images are an affirmation of the complexity, wonder and resilience of the natural order in all things. This beauty has an enormous capital cost. Once the scrap arrives at its destination, workers use their hands and primitive tools to pick apart the junked computers and salvage precious components. About four years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill I heard a radio program where theywere talking about the danger of single-hulled ships. Anthropocene. The company employs 15,600 people. The automobile was made possible because of the invention of the internal combustion engine and its utilization of both oil and gasoline. But after a long flight and an even longer mountain drive he found the road to the master’s favourite quarry chained off a dozen kilometers from the source. Even in his choice of a title for this series, Burtynsky informs us that his photographs do not share an aesthetic agenda with earlier images of the railway. Track, Thompson River, British Columbia 1985. Inexpensive labor from the countryside, important as it is to China’s growth as a trading nation, is one major facet of its success. Arguably, we are on the cusp of becoming (if we are not already) the perpetrators of a sixth major extinction event. I’m not so much into chasing disasters as I am into looking at big industrial incursions into the landscape or in this case, the seascape.”, This Oil Spill imagery, while expressing the familiar grand scale of Burtynsky’s oeuvre, also depicts an event that is newsworthy—even as it is alchemized into art. "— Edward Burtynsky, “While trying to accommodate the growing needs of an expanding, and very thirsty civilization, we are reshaping the Earth in colossal ways. The high-grade granites near Xiamen have led to the development of more than a hundred local quarries and thousands of stone product workshops employing nearly a million people. A worker here must be fearless. The company employs 15,600 people. Nevertheless there is something uncannily beautiful and breathtaking in the very expansiveness of these images―it is as if the vastness of their perspective somehow opens onto the longer view of things. “The concept of the landscape as architecture has become, for me, an act of imagination. Edward Burtynsky’s astonishing photographic series China Recycling maps waste. Burtynsky’s large scale aerial photographs reference the sublime and often surreal qualities of human-altered landscapes with an abstracted painterly language. There is no life without water: the subject of Edward Burtynsky’s newest exhibition and book. John, New Brunswick, Canada, 1999, Highway #1Los Angeles, California, USA, 2003, Nanpu Bridge InterchangeShanghai, China, 2004, Highway #5Los Angeles, California, USA, 2009, Suburbs #1North Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 2007, Industrial ParkNorth Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 2007, Kiss Concert Parking AreaSturgis, South Dakota, USA, 2008, Trucker’s Jamboree #1Walcott, Iowa, USA, 2003, Talladega Speedway #1Birmingham, Alabama, USA, 2009, Bonneville #1Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA, 2008, Fisher Body Plant #1Detroit, Michigan, USA, 2008, Ford’s Highland Park Plant #1, Loading CorridorDetroit, Michigan, USA, 2008, Ford’s Highland Park Plant #2, Assembly Line CorridorDetroit, Michigan, USA, 2008, Packard Plant #1Detroit, Michigan, USA, 2008, Packard Plant #2Detroit, Michigan, USA, 2008, Dana Frame Plant #1Thorold, Ontario, Canada, 2010, Dana Frame Plant #2Thorold, Ontario, Canada, 2010, Dana Frame Plant #4Thorold, Ontario, Canada, 2010, SOCAR Oil Fields #1abBaku, Azerbaijan, 2006, SOCAR Oil Fields #3Baku, Azerbaijan, 2006, SOCAR Oil Fields #9Baku, Azerbaijan, 2006, SOCAR Oil Fields #10Baku, Azerbaijan, 2006, SOCAR Oil Fields #6Baku, Azerbaijan, 2006, Oxford Tire Pile #1Westley, California, USA, 1999, Oxford Tire Pile #5Westley, California, USA, 1999, Oxford Tire Pile #8Westley, California, USA, 1999, Oxford Tire Pile #9abWestley, California, USA, 1999, Burning Tire Pile #1Near Stockton, California, USA, 1999, Sikorsky Helicopter Scrap YardTucson, Arizona, USA, 2006, Mines #22Kennecott Copper Mine, Bingham Valley, Utah 1983, Mines #21Inco - Frood Open Pit Mine, Sudbury, Ontario 1985, Mines #13Inco - Abandoned Mine Shaft Crean Hill Mine, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, 1984, Mines #15Inco Tailings Pond, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, 1985, Mines #19Westar Open Pit Coal Mine. Building mega dams in the 21st century has gathered much global criticism and is central to a growing debate. Burtynsky s photographs allow us to meditate on our impact on the planet and witness both the epicenters of industrial endeavor and the dumping grounds of its waste. E-waste is hazardous and its processing is a high-risk endeavor even in state-of-the-art facilities. Waterfront looks at the way we shape land to create manufactured waterfront properties, and speaks about the human need and desire to be near water—even if it is artificial. The title evokes images of the self-reliant pioneers of the nineteenth century, a theme that presents itself in images such as Homesteads #30. He packed his gear and began the long drive southeast to Barre. Property once used by these immense old factories is now being designated as residential and commercial, spurring real estate frenzy in Shenyang. He works with themes, like Metal Recycling, Quarries, Ships and Urban Mines. According to the Chinese Commission for Science, Technology and and National Defense, by 2015 China is expected to become the world’s largest shipbuilder, with annual output reaching 24 million deadweight tons, or 35 per cent of the world’s total. Compared with the deep perspective used in works by nineteenth-century photographers who worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway, Burtynsky's viewpoint is close and confrontational. mass consumerism… and the resulting degradation of our environment intrinsic to the process of making things to keep us happy and fulfilled frightens me. These were the naturally occurring phenomena governing life’s ebb and flow. Rather, they examine this ancient method of providing one of the most basic elements of our diet; as primitive industry and as abstract two-dimensional human marks upon the landscape. The requisite dynamite blasts are regularly set off with no advance warning to workers in the pits. This selection is drawn from a multiyear donation of works by celebrated Canadian photographer (and Ryerson University alumnus) Edward Burtynsky, whose iconic images have brought global attention to the impacts of human industry on the natural landscape. China now plays a central role in the global supply chain for the world’s multinational corporations. It turned out that most of the dismantling was happening in India and Bangladesh so that's where I went.”. China now plays a central role in the global supply chain for the world’s multinational corporations. Edward Burtynsky sees the world from a different vantage point than most of us — quite literally. Burtynsky's Shipbreaking photographs, like all his works, appear to us as images of the end of time. Source comes from Burtynsky’s journey to British Columbia and Iceland, places where a critical stage in the hydrological cycle takes place: the mountains, containing glaciers and snow. We have to learn to think more long-term about the consequences of what we are doing, while we are doing it. I went in search of it, and when I had it on my ground glass, I knew that I had arrived. The images in the China series communicate the enormity of the transition that is taking place there as the country moves increasingly towards a large-scale urbanization and more workers relocate for employment in the manufacturing industries. ... E-waste is hazardous and its processing is a high-risk endeavor even in state-of-the-art facilities. Track, Thompson River, British Columbia 1985, Railcuts #7C.N. I have always been concerned to show how we affect the Earth in a big way. I have come to think of my preoccupation with the Anthropocene — the indelible marks left by humankind on the geological face of our planet — as a conceptual extension of my first and most fundamental interests as a photographer. In the process they expose themselves and their environment to toxic elements such as lead, mercury and cadmium. As a collaborative group, Jennifer, Nick and I believe that an experiential, immersive engagement with our work can shift the consciousness of those who engage with it, helping to nurture a growing environmental debate. In recent years, Burtynsky’s photographs have become increasingly abstract as a result of his topographical perspective and fascination with finding similarities in the industrialized landscape to painting. Butte, Montana 1985, Super Pit #1Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, 2007, Super Pit #4Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, 2007, Silver Lake Operations #1Lake Lefroy, Western Australia, 2007, Silver Lake Operations #2Lake Lefroy, Western Australia, 2007, Silver Lake Operations #5Lake Lefroy, Western Australia, 2007, Silver Lake Operations #8Lake Lefroy, Western Australia, 2007, Silver Lake Operations #10Lake Lefroy, Western Australia, 2007, Silver Lake Operations #12Lake Lefroy, Western Australia, 2007, Silver Lake Operations #15Lake Lefroy, Western Australia, 2007, Silver Lake Operations #16Lake Lefroy, Western Australia, 2007, Tailings #1Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, 2007, Rock of Ages #1Active Section, E.L. Smith Quarry, Barre, Vermont, USA, 1991, Rock of Ages #4Abandoned Section, Adam-Pirie Quarry, Barre, Vermont, USA, 1991, Rock of Ages #7Active Section, E.L. Smith Quarry, Barre, Vermont, USA, 1991, Rock of Ages #25Abandoned Section, Adam-Pirie Quarry, Barre, Vermont, USA, 1991, Rock of Ages #15Active Section, E.L. Smith Quarry, Barre, Vermont, USA, 1992, Rock of Ages #26Abandoned Section, E.L. Smith Quarry, Barre, Vermont, USA, 1991, Rock of Ages #33Abandoned Section, Rock of Ages Quarry, Vermont, USA, 1991, Rock of Ages #39Active Section, E.L. Smith Quarry, Barre, Vermont, USA, 1991, Marble Quarries #001Rultand, Vermont, 1991, Carrara Marble Quarries #3Carrara, Italy, 1993, Carrara Marble Quarries #12Carrara, Italy, 1993, Carrara Marble Quarries #15Carrara, Italy, 1993, Carrara Marble Quarries #20Carrara, Italy, 1993, Carrara Marble Quarries # 24 & 25Carrara, Italy, 1993, Makrana Marble Quarries #3Rajasthan, India, 2000, Makrana Marble Quarries #5Rajasthan, India, 2000, Makrana Marble Quarries #8Rajasthan, India, 2000, Makrana Marble Quarries #13Rajasthan, India, 2000, China Quarries #3Xiamen, Fujian Province, China, 2004, China Quarries #4Xiamen, Fujian Province, China, 2004, China Quarries #7Xiamen, Fujian Province, China, 2004, China Quarries #8Xiamen, Fujian Province, China, 2004, Iberia Quarries #2Marmorose EFA Co., Bencatel, Portugal, 2006, Iberia Quarries #3Cochicho Co., Pardais, Portugal,, 2006, Iberia Quarries #7Marbrito Co., Borba-Mouro, Portugal, 2006, Iberia Quarries #8Cochicho Co., Pardais, Portugal, 2006, Iberia Quarries #9Cochicho Co., Pardais, Portugal, 2006, Dam #2Three Gorges Dam Project, Yangtze River, China, 2002, Feng Jie #3 & 4Three Gorges Dam Project, Yangtze River, China, 2002, Feng Jie #6Three Gorges Dam Project, Yangtze River, China, 2002, Wushan #3Three Gorges Dam Project, Yangtze River, China, 2002, Wan Zhou #1Three Gorges Dam Project, Yangtze River, China, 2002, Wan Zhou #2Three Gorges Dam Project, Yangtze River, China, 2002, Wan Zhou #4Three Gorges Dam Project, Yangtze River, China, 2002, Dam #6Three Gorges Dam Project, Yangtze River, China, 2005, Shenyang Heavy Machinery Group, Tiexi District, Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, China, 2005, Old Factories #5Shenyang Heavy Machinery Group, Tiexi District, Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, China, 2005, Old Factories #1Fushun Aluminum Smelter, Fushun City, Liaoning Province, China, 2005, Old Factories #4Shenyang Heavy Machinery Group, Tiexi District, Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, China, 2005, Old Factories #9Fushun Aluminum Smelter, Fushun City, Liaoning Province, China, 2005, China Recycling #18Cankun Aluminum, Xiamen City, Fujian Province, China, 2005, China Recycling #22Portrait of A Woman In Blue, Zeguo, Zhejiang Province, China, 2004, China Recycling #12Waste Sorting, Zeguo, Zhejiang Province, China, 2004, China Recycling #9Circuit Boards, Guiyu, Guangdong Province, China, 2004, China Recycling #8Plastic Toy Parts, Guiyu, Guangdong Province, China, 2004, China Recycling #2Cutter, Fengjiang, Zhejiang Province, China 2004, Shift Change, Yuyuan Shoe Factory, Gaobu Town, Guangdong Province, China, 2004, Manufacturing #17Deda Chicken Processing Plant, Dehui City, Jilin Province, China, 2005, Manufacturing #18Cankun Factory, Zhangzhou, Fujian Province, 2005, Manufacturing #10abCankun Factory, Xiamen City, China, 2005, Manufacturing #11Youngor Textiles, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China, 2005, Manufacturing #14Bird Mobile, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China, 2005, Manufacturing #16Bird Mobile, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China, 2005, Shipyard #5Qili Port, Zhejiang Province, China, 2005, Shipyard #7Qili Port, Zhejiang Province, China 2005, Shipyard #11Qili Port, Zhejiang Province, China 2005, Shipyard #13Qili Port, Zhejiang Province, China 2005, Qili Port, Zhejiang Province, China, 2005, Shipyard #18Qili Port, Zhejiang Province, China, 2005, Shipyard #15Qili Port, Zhejiang Province, China, 2005, Shipyard #21Qili Port, Zhejiang Province, China, 2005, Urban Renewal #4Old City Overview, Shanghai, China, 2004, Urban Renewal #1Factory Construction, Outside Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China 2004, Urban Renewal #11Hold Out, Shanghai, China 2004, Urban Renewal #5City Overview From Top of Military Hospital, Shanghai, China, 2004, Urban Renewal #6Apartment Complex, JiangjunAo, Hong Kong, 2004, Shipbreaking #9aChittagong, Bangladesh 2000, Shipbreaking #9bChittagong, Bangladesh 2000, Shipbreaking #9ab diptychChittagong, Bangladesh 2000, Shipbreaking #11Chittagong, Bangladesh 2000, Shipbreaking #13Chittagong, Bangladesh 2000, Shipbreaking #17Chittagong, Bangladesh 2000, Shipbreaking #23Chittagong, Bangladesh 2000, Shipbreaking #27Chittagong, Bangladesh 2000, Shipbreaking #30Chittagong, Bangladesh 2001, Shipbreaking #31Chittagong, Bangladesh 2001, Shipbreaking #38Chittagong, Bangladesh 2000, Shipbreaking #49Chittagong, Bangladesh 2001, Shipbreaking: Recycling #2Chittagong, Bangladesh 2001, Shipbreaking: Recycling #10Chittagong, Bangladesh 2000, Densified Oil Filters #1Hamilton, Ontario 1997, Densified Oil Drums #4Hamilton, Ontario 1997, Ferrous Bushling #7Hamilton, Ontario 1997, Ferrous Bushling #9Hamilton, Ontario 1997, Ferrous Bushling #17Hamilton, Ontario 1997, Ferrous Bushling #18Hamilton, Ontario 1997, Uranium Tailings #5Elliot Lake, Ontario 1995, Uranium Tailings #12Elliot Lake, Ontario 1995, Nickel Tailings #34-35(as diptych) - Sudbury, Ontario 1996, Landscape Study #1North Carolina, USA, 1979, GrassesBruce Peninsula, Ontario, Canada, 1981, Homesteads #27Coleman, Crowsnest Pass, Alberta 1985, Homesteads #30West of Merritt, British Columbia 1985, Homesteads #32View from Highway 8, British Columbia 1985, Homesteads #33View from Trans Canada Highway. , ambivalent to me like inverted pyramids inverted pyramids exerts itself on ground. 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