This is a photo of the fossil fuel industry, literally, skinning the planet alive in the Alberta Tar Sands.

STOP Keystone XL and it’s pipeline of death and destruction. This photo was taken by the amazing National Geographic Magazine photographer, Peter Essick.

For an incredible article on this region and what they have experienced at the hands of the fossil fuel industry, please go to: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/03/canadian-oil-sands/kunzig-text/1