
I’m here on the Greek island of Milos, in the middle of the Aegean Sea. An island very rich in mineral resources – and therefore also home to numerous huge mines, well hidden from the tourist hustle and bustle on the coast. Perlite and bentonite are extracted from the volcanic landscape through open-pit mining. In the process, millions and millions of cubic meters of earth are moved, creating gigantic pits that reveal pyroclastic flows that once cooled in waves and sediment layers of what are known as lahars. Here, humans are exposing the complexity of the landscape they live in.