Mirnij is the heart of the russian diamond mining, in the eastern part of Siberia. Here is a huge (nearly 1km wide) open-air mine near the city center - too bad it is in low resolution
Russian: тру́бка Уда́чная, lit. successful pipe or lucky pipe) is a large diamond deposit in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located within the Arctic circle, at (66°25′N 112°19′E) in the Daldyn kimberlite field. Udachnaya was discovered on June 15, 1955, just two days after the first Soviet di...
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.
HMS Diamond is the third ship of the Type 45 or 'D' Class of air defence destroyer (AAW) being built for the Royal Navy.
Diamond's construction began at the BAE Systems Naval Ships yard at Govan on the River Clyde in February 2005. She was launched on 27 November 2007. As of this date, Diamond is being fitted out. Diamond is the third ship of her class launched with a guard from ...
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.
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