Pollution Pictures
Compiled by Irina Bright.
This article is part of our Environment section
See the complete list of all our Pollution Articles here.
Pollution pictures illustrate all too well just how degraded our environment has become. Pollution may look beautiful but it is certainly not glamorous. We have written a lot about environmental pollution, its causes and effects. Please feel free to browse our Environment section to learn more about pollution issues.
Here we present some of the pollution pictures which have already been published elsewhere on this website. No matter where we live, we can always encounter some unpleasant polluted locations that we would like to scream about to everyone willing to listen ...
Oil Pollution Emissions. Photo: Graeme MacLean
Fossil Fuel Pollution. Photo: Rachel Scopes
Coal Burning. Photo: Marcus Vegas
Air Pollution Philippines. Photo: Jim D Stitch
Pollution is Not Glamorous. Photo: Caleb Coppola
Air Pollution. Photo: Owen Byrne
Beijing Traffic. Photo: Aapo Haapanen
Extreme Pollution, Delhi. Photo: Dave Morris
Hope this rain is not acidic. Photo: Heather Dietz
Amazon Rainforest on Fire. Photo: Leonardo F. Freitas
Mexico City Smog. Photo: Alfredo Cottin
Santiago Smog. Photo: Phil Whitehouse
Construction Dust. Photo: NIOSH
Trees Damaged by Acid Rain. Photo: Lindley Ashline
Ammonia Fertilization, Australia, c. 1974. Photo: Rae Allen
Bus Pollution, Guatemala. Photo: Doron Laor
Smog in Los Angeles. Photo: Bob Travis
Air Pollution Over Green Field. Photo: Ken Douglas
Trees in Cement Factory, Brazil. Photo: Darlan Cunha
Oil Pollution. Photo: Jay-P
Particulate Pollution: Coal Dust. Photo: Paul Vitucci
Ho Chi Minh Traffic. Photo: Graham of Flickr.com
Los Angeles Smog. Photo: Brooke Ganz
Coal Power Plant. Photo: Wigwam Jones
Pollution Affects Your Health
Playing With Pollution. Photo: Olivier Meerson
Kathmandu Pollution. Photo: Lukasz Z
Tide of Ignorance, Pollution in India. Photo: Prem Asagar
Water Pollution, California. Photo: Caleb Coppola
Can Pollution. Photo: Mike Innocenzi
Trees Damaged by Sulfur Emissions. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Landfill Pollution, just how worse can it get? Photo: Zen Sutherland
Oil Coated Duck. Photo: Jack Wolf
"Polluted" Child? Photo: B. Sandman
Downtown Los Angeles Smog. Photo: Jami Dwyer
Pollution, Kenya. Photo: Tom Maruko
Red Square Pollution, Moscow. Photo: Antonis Shen
Soot Pollution, England. Photo: Owen Benson
Vintage Car Pollution, Cuba. Photo: Kayugee
"Crude" Beach, Florida. Photo: Mark Rain
Polluted Mother Earth. Photo: Gideon Wright
"Teddy Bear" Ocean Pollution, Peru. Photo: Geraint Rowland
Beach Pollution, Oregon. Photo: Jason Karn
Gulf Oil Pollution, 2010. Photo: NOAA's National Ocean Service
Dead Polluted Corals, Red Sea. Photo: Silke Baron
Polluted Earth. Photo: Norbert Buchholz
Drivers, Causes and Sources of Pollution. Graphic: Irina Bright
Air Pollution Haze, Himalaya. Photo: NASA Earth Observatory
Deforestation in Amazon. Photo: Daniele Gidsicki
River Pollution, Haiti. Photo: Alex Proimos
Rainforest Fire Pollution, Sabah. Photo: Thienzie Yung
Rainforest Haze Air Pollution, Sabah. Photo: Thienzie Yung
Forest Garbage Pollution, Romania. Photo: Horia Varlan
All these pictures are copyright of their respective owners.
We would like to thank the following nice people for kindly donating these pollution pictures to our site:
Graeme MacLean; Rachel Scopes; Jim D Stitch; Caleb Coppola; Owen Byrne; Marcus Vegas; Aapo Haapanen; Dave Morris; Leonardo F. Freitas; Alfredo Cottin; NIOSH; Lindley Ashline; Doron Laor; Bob Travis; Ken Douglas; Paul Vitucci; Brooke Ganz; Phil Whitehouse; Wigwam Jones; Graham of Flickr.com; Lukasz Z; Jay-P; Rae Allen; Wikimedia Commons; Owen Benson; Heather Dietz; Olivier Meerson; Jami Dwyer; Tom Maruko; Jack Wolf; Mike Innocenzi; Kayugee; Antonis Shen; Prem Asagar; Zen Sutherland; B. Sandman; Mark Rain; Gideon Wright; Geraint Rowland; Jason Karn; NOAA's National Ocean Service; Silke Baron; Norbert Buchholz; Irina Bright; NASA Earth Observatory; Daniele Gidsicki; Alex Proimos; Thienzie Yung; Horia Varlan.