Lime is an essential ingredient in the desulfurization of flue-gases for coal-fired power plants - scrubbing the sulfur out of the gases before they pollute the atmosphere as SO2.  This building at the Conesville facility houses the lime treatment equipment and is caked in the white powdery material.

This image was selected for the New Directions 2016, 32nd Annual National Juried Contemporary Art Exhibition at the Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, juried by Heather Pasanti, Senior Curator at The Contemporary Austin.