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Mining Peru’s Cerro de Pasco

The city’s economic engine is also a worrisome source of pollution.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Mining Peru’s Cerro de Pasco.

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

Published March 16, 2019
Data acquired September 5, 1985 - October 8, 2017

Sources:: Landsat 5 > TM; Landsat 8 > OLI