Apr 232009
Last of ’em. Two panoramas that *don’t* suck, showing the Bingham Canyon Mine in all it’s ginormous gloriousity.
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Last of ’em. Two panoramas that *don’t* suck, showing the Bingham Canyon Mine in all it’s ginormous gloriousity.
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gigantic !
for those who think that are cute little trucks on road
those are Caterpillar 797B in size of a HOUSE
( Length: 47 ft, Body width: 32 ft, Height empty: 24 ft. )
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caterpillar_797B
You know, I keep looking at these, and one thought keeps popping up. They would make excellent locations for maximum security prisons. Or sustainable industrial sites.
Just sayin’!
I love how you can visually tell there is a different climate from the lip of the hole to the bottom… It must be something else to feel a 20 or 30 degree change in temperature as you haul your load out…
Similarly, I wonder where all the fill dirt went? Even if it is spread around and shipped out, there’s still gotta be some giant man-made hill somewhere…
> I wonder where all the fill dirt went?
It went not too fa away. There are sizable mountains of tailings. I suppose I’ll post the photos of that; not quite as impressive as the hole since they are spread out, but still… BIG.
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