Fort McMurray, Alberta, CAN, 20090721: A dump truck, a.k.a. dumper, brings a fresh load of tar sands to the processing plant at the Syncrude open pit oil excavation mine in Fort McMurray.
The top soil is removed to give access to the controversial tar sands. The sand goes through a processing plant to extract usable oil.
Photo: Orjan F. Ellingvag/ Dagens Naringsliv