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Copper Mining at Chuquicamata

Located in northern Chile, one of the deepest open-pit mines in the world has transitioned underground to extract valuable metals.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Michala Garrison, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Lindsey Doermann.

Published January 26, 2024
Data acquired January 4, 2024

Source:
Landsat 9 > OLI-2