Foto Friday: Black Mesa

A look at a sacred land ravaged by coal mining

The Kayenta Mine coal tipple as seen from Black Mesa. Coal was moved by a giant conveyor belt across the mesa and down to the tipple where it was loaded into an electric railroad to Navajo Generating Station. Jonathan P. Thompson photo.

Each day, thousands of travelers drive along the west flank of Black Mesa in northern Arizona on their way to Flagstaff…