Google Sightseeing takes you on tour of the world as seen from satellite, using the free Google Earth program, or Google Maps in your web browser. Each weekday your guides James and Alex present new weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.
This is the worlds biggest open cast diamond mine in Mirny, north eastern Siberia. It’s more than 1 km in diameter and half a km deep! Wow, that’s a big hole. The Google Maps imagery isn’t super high-res but there are some good photos about.
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This reminds me of the Delabole slate quarry in Cornwall:
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It’s about 150 metres deep, and either 1.5 miles or 1.5 kilometres in circumference, depending which web page you believe!
Thanks, I was trying to find this about three weeks ago!
Another big hole is Chiquicamata in Chile:
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The Ekati Diamond mine(s) in Canada are similar looking but smaller.
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more info here:
http://ekati.bhpbilliton.com/repository/newsImages/imageLibrary.asp
Here (http://mapy.pomocnik.com/kopalnia-diamentow-w-mirny/) you can find some more pictures of Mirny Mine
Here (http://mapy.pomocnik.com/kopalnia-diamentow-w-mirny/) you can find some more Mirny Pictures
and here
http://www.usmra.com/photos/bigpit/
i want to see this mine in reality in my life