The Largest Excavation in Human History | Generation Earth | BBC Earth Science

Bingham Canyon Mine in Utah, USA, is the largest open pit mine in the world. A great feat of excavation, it has been mined for miles deep and wide to locate a precious needle in this colossal haystack: copper.

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Taken from Generation Earth (2012).

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