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Series269 - Martha Macintyre and Simon Foale photographic prints of Lihir, Papua New Guinea
Item1 - John Lakenbos of LMC's Environment Department surfacing in late 1997 with a sediment sampling tube, and enjoying a close encournter with Rainbow Runners (Elegatis bipinulatis) off the South-East Coast of Niolam Island. Meausurements of sediment deposition
Item2 - An ore truck drives past a plastic covered second-grade ore stockpile. The plastic was part of a trail to mitigate Acid Rock Drainage (ARD) otherwise referred to as Acid Mine Drainage (AMD), whereby sulphuric acid is generated by the oxidation of the pyri
Item3 - A child walks towards the church at Kinami, south Londolovit, with the massive cloud-shrouded edifice of Mount Katnaulen in the background. Kinami sits in the centre of one of the five old calderas that make up the island of Niolam.
Item4 - A small boy holds a rainbow Lorikeet (also very common in Austalia) that has been downed with a slingshot (in background) on Masahet Island. Rubber from the tyre tubes that became abundantly available following the commencement of mining has been commonl
Item5 - The flower of the ko (TOK Pisin: Pau) (Barrington edulis) tree. The nuts of this tree are edible, and the leaves are frequently used as plates, particularly at feast.
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Martha Macintyre and Simon Foale photographic prints of Lihir, Papua New Guinea

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