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Open cast coal mine - Borodino

Open cast coal mine - Borodino

The Borodino mine is one of the largest in Siberia.
Rating of 310/04/2005378Google Earth Logo
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Oil field in Libya

Oil field in Libya

Oil field in the desert
Rating of 410/03/2005775Google Earth Logo
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Opencast Mining Cape Town

Opencast Mining Cape Town

An open-cast mine just outside Cape Town, in the Durbanville hills area.
Rating of 409/23/2005468Google Earth Logo
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Cullinan Mine

Cullinan Mine

Today the Star of Africa diamond graces the Queen's apparel, but for millions (or thousands) of years, it lay buried here, at the Cullinan Mine near Pretoria, South Africa.
No rating yet09/14/2005500Google Earth Logo
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Giant Digger

Giant Digger

Giant digger in open mine South of Monument Valley, Arizona. Other diggers and trucks also visible.
Rating of 3.509/08/2005619Google Earth Logo
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Mt. Morgan

Mt. Morgan

Mt. Morgan open cut mine Central Queensland Australia
Rating of 2.66666666609/05/2005390Google Earth Logo
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Limestone Quarry

Limestone Quarry

Outside Saint Renan, Brittany. Found it as I was trying (and failing) to find the Kerloas menhir.
No rating yet09/03/2005190Google Earth Logo
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Bauxite aluminium smelter, Queensland, AU

Bauxite aluminium smelter, Queensland, AU

Huge pile of bauxite at Alcoa Aluminium plant, Gladstone, Queensland, Australia.
Rating of 3.2509/02/2005757Google Earth Logo
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Mine near Korla, Xinjiang, China

Mine near Korla, Xinjiang, China

Some buildings and a big heap of coal.
No rating yet09/01/2005490Google Earth Logo
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Riotinto mine

Riotinto mine

This is the second biggest opensky mine in the world, this mine have been used for two thousand years ago by Romans, and nowadays it's used by the NASA because the terrain is such as Mars, the dam you can see at the north of the mine are contamined waters.
Rating of 508/31/20051,039Google Earth Logo
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Small mine in Xinjiang China

Small mine in Xinjiang China

Small mine in Xinjiang China
No rating yet08/30/2005405Google Earth Logo
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Recreio coal mine

Recreio coal mine

Recreio open pit coal mine.
No rating yet08/29/2005371Google Earth Logo
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Open Pit Mine, South Africa

Open Pit Mine, South Africa

This big mining operation in South Africa´s Northern Cape Province features an open pit "crater" which is roughly 900m in diameter.
No rating yet08/29/2005538Google Earth Logo
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Sishen Mine, South Africa

Sishen Mine, South Africa

This huge open pit mine near Kathu, owned by Kumba Resources, is the biggest iron ore source in South Africa, located in the Northern Cape Province.
Rating of 308/29/2005681Google Earth Logo
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Toquepala Mine, Peru

Toquepala Mine, Peru

Here is an overlay of the Toquepala mine, Peru. As you can see, the overlay is of a more recent day as the GE-scan, as the main pit seems to be larger.
Rating of 3.508/27/2005803Google Earth Logo
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Erzberg

Erzberg

Der Erzberg in der Obersteiermark liefert die meisten Rohstoffe für die Stahlerzeugung in Österreich.

The Erzberg in styria offers the most iron in autria for iron production.
Rating of 3.508/24/2005426Google Earth Logo
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Santa Rita Mine, New Mexico

Santa Rita Mine, New Mexico

Santa Rita open pit copper mine, Silver City, New Mexico
Rating of 308/23/2005509Google Earth Logo
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Queen Mine, Bisbee AZ

Queen Mine, Bisbee AZ

Open pit copper mine in Bisbee, AZ, USA
Rating of 308/23/2005433Google Earth Logo
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Carajas

Carajas

Carajas iron ore mining in Amazon.
Rating of 4.508/21/2005630Google Earth Logo
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Ranger Uranium Open Pit Mine, NT, Australia

Ranger Uranium Open Pit Mine, NT, Australia

One of the largest uranium mines in the world, surrounded by World Heritage Kakadu N.P. in Autralia´s Northern Territory.
More info:
http://www.uic.com.au/emine.htm
Rating of 2.608/21/2005579Google Earth Logo
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Argyle open pit Diamond Mine, Australia

Argyle open pit Diamond Mine, Australia

More info on this huge mining area to be found here:
http://www.mining-technology.com/projects/argyle/
Rating of 3.508/21/2005567Google Earth Logo
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Huge mine near Lima, Peru

Huge mine near Lima, Peru

Huge mine near Lima.
Rating of 3.33333333308/21/2005599Google Earth Logo
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Phalaborwa Open Pit Mine, South Africa

Phalaborwa Open Pit Mine, South Africa

There is a huge open pit mine that looks like a crater, which is roughly 270tf deep.
Rating of 3.37508/19/20051,024Google Earth Logo
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Brewing coal excavator

Brewing coal excavator

Brewing coal excavator in Berheim Germany
Rating of 3.508/19/2005618Google Earth Logo
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Diamond mine, Mirny (Yakutia, Russia)

Diamond mine, Mirny (Yakutia, Russia)

The greatest diamond mine in the world. Diameter of the pit is 1,200 meters, 525 meters deep.
Rating of 2.90909090908/17/20052,709Google Earth Logo
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