Despite the massive scale of these operations, they are almost impossible to see from the ground. This enormous dragline (center right) at work on a mountaintop removal operation near Kayford Mountain, W.Va., is 22-stories high.

Taken on October 13, 2003.

photo by Vivian Stockman, www.ohvec.org

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This picture is part of the National Memorials for the Mountains photo stream, hosted by www.ilovemountains.org.