Glyn Rhonwy Disused Slate Quarry backed by the Llanberis Pass and Yr Wyddfa (Mount Snowdon) in autumn, near Llanberis, Snowdonia National Park (Eryri), North Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Waterfall from Slate Cavern Tunnel entrance, Dinorwig Quarry (Dinorwic Quarry), Eryri (Snowdonia National Park), North Wales, United Kingdom

Looking along the Pembrokeshire coast headland above the Abereiddy Blue Lagoon, a former slate quarry, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Glyn Rhonwy Disused Slate Quarry, near Llanberis, Snowdonia National Park (Eryri), North Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Glyn Rhonwy Disused Slate Quarry, near Llanberis, Snowdonia National Park (Eryri), North Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Disused Incline and Slate Spoil, Dinorwig Slate Quarry, Snowdonia National Park (Eryri), North Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Mount Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) from Dinorwig Slate Quarry, Snowdonia National Park (Eryri), North Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Waterfall from Slate Cavern Tunnel entrance, Dinorwig Quarry (Dinorwic Quarry), Eryri (Snowdonia National Park), North Wales, United Kingdom

Waterfall from Slate Cavern Tunnel entrance, Dinorwig Quarry (Dinorwic Quarry), Eryri (Snowdonia National Park), North Wales, United Kingdom

Mine working and spoil tip remains, Dinorwig Quarry (Dinorwic Quarry), Llyn Peris behind, Eryri (Snowdonia National Park), North Wales, United Kingdom

Dali's Hole at Dinorwig Quarry (Dinorwic Quarry), Eryri (Snowdonia National Park), North Wales, United Kingdom

Houses below slate quarry waste heaps, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, North Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Former Mine Working Slate Cavern Tunnel at Dinorwig Quarry (Dinorwic Quarry), Eryri (Snowdonia National Park), North Wales, United Kingdom

The abandoned Rhosydd Slate Quarry backed by Cwmorthin and Allt y Ceffylau, Moelwyn Mountains, Snowdonia National Park (Eryri), North Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

The slate quarry, Valentia Island, Ring of Kerry, County Kerry, Munster, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Penrhyn quarry, the largest slate quarry in Wales, Bethesda, Snowdonia, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Parsley fern (Cryptogramma crispa) growing amongst slate, Aberfoyle, Scotland, UK

Slate fragments, Aberfoyle, Scotland

An old slate quarry above Chapel Stile, in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Slate quarries in Elterwater in the Langdale Valley, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Slate quarries in Elterwater in the Langdale Valley, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Elterwater slate quarry above Chapel Stile, in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

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Elterwater slate quarry above Chapel Stile in the Langdale Valley in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Snow at Kirkstone slate quarry in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A mountain biker in Rydal Cave in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe