Five Sisters shale oil bings

The remnants of James 'Paraffin' Young and the days when West Lothian produced more oil (from shale deposits) than Texas or the Gulf States.

Slowly plants are re-establishing a foothold in a unique environment, unlike anything else in Western Europe

The artist John Latham explored this environment here:

http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?workid=8400&roomid=5494


Part of the Dark Energy series