While the environmental destruction of planet earth is anything but beautiful, photographer J Henry Fair has captured these heartbreakingly stunning vistas of our natural resources being gradually decimated.

They depict regions destroyed by mines, toxic sludge, and even the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.

Fair's images have been compiled in a new book, The Day After Tomorrow: Images of our Earth in Crisis.

Fair, an artist and environmentalist, has shared some of the highlights.

All images are from The Day After Tomorrow by J Henry Fair, published by powerHouse Books.