Shot entirely from a helicopter, Peter Mettler's PETROPOLIS: AERIAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE ALBERTA TAR SANDS (2009) offers an unparalleled view of the world's largest industrial, capital and energy project. Canada's tar sands are an oil reserve the size of England.
Seen from this perspective it looks almost beautiful, but extracting the crude oil called bitumen from underneath unspoiled wilderness requires a massive industrialized effort with far-reaching impacts on the land, air, water, and climate.