An elevated view captures an open-pit excavation site in Achara, Nigeria

An elevated view captures an open-pit excavation site in Achara, Nigeria. A single dark-skinned male, dressed in a dark t-shirt with a white graphic and dark trousers, stands within the bed of a dark-colored dump truck. He is actively shoveling a large mound of light-colored, fine aggregate material, with a portion of the material visible mid-air from his shovel. The truck bed is largely filled with this sandy substance. The background features steep, multi-layered rock and earth walls displaying distinct geological strata in shades of beige, brown, and reddish-brown. Sparse green vegetation is present on the upper left cliff face. The immediate foreground consists of a coarse layer of reddish-brown gravel and small rocks.