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Racing to Mine Lithium

One way of harvesting the valuable metal involves the use of evaporation ponds that concentrate the substance into lithium-rich brines.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published January 2, 2023
Data acquired December 8, 2022

Source:
Landsat 9 > OLI-2