The stream running down Pike Hill in Corinth is more acidic than lemon juice. It smells of sulfur and is full of heavy metals, like copper and zinc. An abandoned copper mine in the Orange County town is responsible for the runoff. It’s been leaching toxins into the water here for over a century. Last month, the federal government announced new funding to help clean up Pike Hill. Clean up of the Ely copper mine, in the neighboring town of Vershire, should begin later this spring, according to the

You wouldn’t want to get stuck in the Corinth canal, the world’s deepest man-made waterway found in Greece. | National Geographic UK