Photo by johnstanmeyer / Heavy machinery is used to scoop sand from the Son riverbed in Bihar. Although this operation may be legal, sand mining is often done illegally under cover of darkness. Sand supplies India’s booming construction industry, but excessive mining disrupts rivers and destroys habitats of endangered species such as river dolphins and crocodile-like gharials. The image is from my latest story in natgeo magazine, "Water Everywhere, and Nowhere," in the August issue, now on newsstands worldwide. outofedenwalk #walkingindia #edenwalk #india #son #sonriver Check out Nat Geo's link in bio for more on this story.