Gallery: Intriguing Aerials of a Colorado You’ve Never Seen Before
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Subdivisions like The Meadows in Castle Rock, Colorado, are becoming more common as the state's population booms.
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An algae bloom turns the waste in this Fort Morgan, Colorado feedlot bright purple.
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Rail cars wait to be loaded with oil in Keenesburg, Colorado.
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A fracking operation in Pawnee Buttes, Colorado.
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The landscape near Deckers, Colorado is still covered with trees burned during the 2002 Hayman fire. As vegetation returns to the area, it gives the red dirt a greenish tint.
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A golf course blooms amid the arid hills of Castle Pines, Colorado.
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Tire mountain is home to 31 million used tires that will be recycled to produce diesel fuel, activated carbon and steel.
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Pipes await installation in Windsor, Colorado.
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A wind farm near Limon, Colorado.
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Drought has caused the shoreline of this reservoir in Eads, Colorado to recede.
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Wind turbine blades await shipment at a manufacturing facility near Windsor, Colorado.
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A granite mine outside Golden, Colorado.
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Cows dot this feedlot near Yuma, Colorado.
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