Photogenic ecological disturbances - The world as an instagram backdrop
* Social media users aim to capture the perfect picture to post of a devastated mining landscape >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-29/heathcote-pink-cliffs-attracts-tik-tok-tourists/107189304
* "By staging and aesthetically transforming nature, Instagrammers medially reverse the destruction of nature and create idealized landscapes that evoke a bygone, pre-industrial era and an intact human-nature relationship." >>
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666378325000224
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