realNEO ambient music 4 Shine On You Crazy Diamond Part 1, 1

Submitted by Norm Roulet on Thu, 01/21/2010 - 08:55.

Short realNEO ambient music video, filmed in the Cleveland Flats, of pollution from the Arcelor Mittal Cleveland Works steel mill, in the Cuyahoga River Valley, Cleveland, Ohio - this is Cleveland and Cuyahoga County’s biggest polluter. The video image track was turned upside-down in production. In the background is playing the opening chords of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Part 1", by Pink Floyd.

A screenshot of the edit window for this video is featured as the 2010-01-21 realNEO.us header of the day:

realNEO ambient music 4
Shine On You Crazy Diamond Part 1, 1

    Starring    Arcelor-Mittal
        Cleveland Works
        Mutant birds
        The following pollution:

1,355,080 pounds of particle pollution,
1,781,800 pounds of sulfur dioxide,
3,637,640 pounds of nitrogen oxides,
37,047,800 pounds of carbon monoxide,
194,760 pounds of organic chemicals.
23,576 pounds of zinc,
3,246 pounds of manganese,
1,396 pounds of hydrochloric acid,
363 pounds of lead,
99 pounds of vanadium,
72 pounds of chromium,
40 pounds of copper,
33 pounds of barium,
22 pounds of cadmium,
08 pounds of mercury
...  dumped into Cleveland’s air in 2006
...  probably higher levels in 2010

"Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Part 1"
begins in the background

    Producer    Norm Roulet
    Location    Bowels of The Flats
        by ArcelorMittal
        Cleveland, Ohio, realNEO
    Date    2010-01-06
    Time    11 AM
    Format    1080i upside-down
    Camera    Panasonic AG-HMC40PU

 

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