May 2, 2008
So in APES, we've been growing some wolfberry plants and some grass for the Rio Bosque wetlands. We took a trip out there to plant them, but Mr. Dillon wanted Cheryl and me to take phosphate tests for some local canal and well water. Well, those tests require 30 minutes of boiling time, so this is what we did while we waited.
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This clip shows phosphate mine in occupied Western Sahara. The mining takes place in violation of international law and the interests and wishes of the local population.
The country Western Sahara has been occupied by Morocco since 1975.
For higher resolution version of this video, go to homepages of Western Sahara Resource Watch, www.wsrw.org.
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I made the right turn looking for lines leading to the Cargill Fertilizer Plant in Ridgewood, FL. The busy line runs parallel to SR60 and has quite a few feeders and primary lines crossing it. Quite a diamond in the middle of the road at the intersection of Phosphate Blvd, 2nd and Church just south of SR60 in Mulberry.
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Train transporting phosphate from Metlaoui to Gafsa in Tunisia 2005. Train pulled by 2500HP 060-DN locomotive and pushed by 2400HP 060-DP locomotive on 1000 mm gauge track.
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The vessel "Bulk Saturn" arrived New Zealand end of June 2007, carrying phosphates from Moroccan occupied Western Sahara. The vessel is owned by the UK registered company Gearbulk, 60% owned by the Norwegian Jebsen family, 40% owned by Japanese Mitsui.
The pictures show the vessel arriving the port of Bluff.
For more information about the vessel, see www.norwatch.no.
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A phosphate train lead by 2 SD70M's cruise by the camera before putting the strain on both engines by putting them in run 8 after the crossing. 95 total cars and an estimated 24 million pound train.
Sorry for some sound distortion as the train rolls by as the engines out sound the mic on the camera !
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I went on a trip with my dad to fossil collect there for the Smithsonian. I found some decent teeth and stuff. Got pretty hot, too. This is in North Carolina.
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A NB CSX wet rock/phosphate train in Plant City FL. If you look close you might be able to see the water dripping from the hoppers.
CSX #4686 SD70M ex-EMD
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