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A Copper Megamine in South America

The Cerro Verde mine in Peru produces nearly one billion pounds of copper per year.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Caption by Adam Voiland.

Published January 8, 2017
Data acquired November 19, 2016

Source:
Landsat 8 > OLI