Sulphuric acid

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Sulphuric acid

Image: © Richard Webb Taken: 9 Oct 2005

That much used chemical, Sulphuric acid has found yet another use, this time as a defoliant for potato crops. The greenery has been burnt off to allow easy harvesting of the tubers. Looking west from near Mawmill crossroads towards the Ochils.

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Image Location

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Latitude
56.177485
Longitude
-3.478692