The Ekati open pit diamond mine in northern Canada. Zoom in to see the huge trucks and excavators. Visit http://www.mining-technology.com/projects/ekati/ for more information on this mine.
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
The three huge open pit coal mining sites of Inden, Heimbach and Garzweiler in western Germany, including the power plants of Weisweiler, Neurath and Frimmersdorf and placemarks for all mammut bucket chain excavators.
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
Cerrejón is the world's largest export open pit coal mining operation. Coal production capacity is estimated in 22 million metric tons per year. Open pit mining is an operation that starts with the cleaning of the surface and the careful withdrawal of the topsoil layer, which is stored for future rehabilitation of the involved lands.
This Image is located in the mines of Fderik in Mauritania Africa, it is home to one of the largest iron mines in the world . It also has the longest non-stop train ride in the world...sorry, no passengers are allowed. Also observe about 100 miles southeast of the mines the Sahara Bulls Eye. Some people believe this is the Image of Apollyon in the bottomless pit, For Wikipedia reference see htt...
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...
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