Geamana was once a beautiful and happy village in Romania until the 1970s when villagers were forced to leave their homes to make room for the copper residuals from a state-owned copper mine.

Now, all that can be seen of the town is a surreal image of it covered with a toxic lake. As cited by Demotix, the water that covers the village is contaminated with gold and copper mining waste.

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It all started in 1977 when dictator Nicolae Ceausescu exploited an underground copper mine. Some 400 families, or an equivalent of 1000 people, were evacuated 100 kilometers away from Geamana.  Though, the government at the time promised that the villagers would only be evacuated 7 km away from their village.

As of now, there are still 20 people who live around the toxic area with no public infrastructure or doctors or schools.

According to Where Cool Things Happen, the village was sacrificed so that an artificial lake could take its place. The beautiful village then served as a "catch-basin" where the contaminated water, full of cyanide and other chemicals, flows in. All that remains today are some houses, a church tower and Geamana cemetery that is flooded with red water.

ZME Science cited that there might be a second Geamana disaster, as another mining project is being planned within the area. 

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