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Bird’s
eye view of Texas fracking causes rumble
4
November, 2013
An
aerial photo taken on August 3rd of fracking operations in Texas has
caused a rumble online, drawing 20,000 views on the photo sharing
site, Flckr.
The
photo, posted by Amy Youngs, carries the inscription:
Saw
these strange new human-made landscapes on my flight from Sacramento
to Houston. Not farming, not subdivisions, but many miles of
rectangular patches etched out of the earth, some with pools next to
them, all with roads to them. I doubt that people see these when
driving on major roads – I never have – but they were very
visible from a plane. Welcome to your new landscape!
Modern-day
hydraulic fracturing was first developed in Texas’
Barnett Shale.
As of 2011, the state led the nation with over
100,000 gas wells –
many of which have involved fracking in recent years. The
water-intensive process is being questioned as Texas
faces drought conditions.
See
an interactive image of the above fracking operations in google
maps
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