Three Gorges Dam.

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The largest concrete object on Earth inundated over 600 kilometers of the Yangtze River valley and forced more than 1.2 million people from their ancestral homes. Steven Benson, the photographer, took these photos in 1999 in order to "create a lasting document of an extraordinary part of the planet before it disappeared--a valley that had inspired artists, poets, and philosophers for centuries."

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The photos come from Benson's book, The Cost of Power in China: The Three Gorges Dam and the...