I hate it when natural beauty gets put aside for money. But to turn this into a positive, would it worth making this into a project with series of photos to show how the mountain changes?

Shame to have a house with a mountain view turn into a view of a pile of dirt. I wonder if the strip miners know whose tea table they're messing with.

I like your idea for this picture with the mountain and the trees below, too bad this is being ruined by strip mining!

neat. Unfortunate for the strip mining. Great idea, and thanks for sharing.