Beautiful Destruction: Pleasing to the Eye, Devastating to the Planet - Louis Helbig

Just as the United States is embroiled in debate over whether or not to build the Keystone XL pipeline, Canadians can hardly agree on what to call the substance the pipeline would be moving. Photographer Louis Helbig's new book, Beautiful Destruction portrays the "bituminous sands" more commonly known as "tar" or "oil sands," depending on one's view of their relative value. The book includes aerial photos of the whole tar/oil-sand industry in Alberta and the book also includes essays from people on both sides of the Canadian bitumen debate.