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Coal Mining, Germany
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This simulated natural color ASTER image in the German state of North Rhine Westphalia covers an area of 30 by 36 km, and was acquired on August 26, 2000. On the right side of the image are 3 enormous opencast coalmines. The Hambach opencast coal mine has recently been brought to full output capacity through the addition of the No. 293 giant bucket wheel excavator. This is the largest machine in the world; it is twice as long as a soccer field and as tall as a building with 30 floors.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineCoal Mining, Germany. NASA/JPL, 2001-08-01. Public domain. ID: PIA02676.
