Siberian Diamond Mine
Saturday, 26th November 2005 by Alex Steinberger
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.
Thanks: Mihaly Homonnai, alvus, Adam Hauner, targon, Yuri, Dustin, sz, Troels, Peter Berenyi, Marcin & Josh Brandt.
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Alex Steinberger is a starving graduate student studying urban planning in Portland, Oregon. He will work for food.
This reminds me of the Delabole slate quarry in Cornwall: View Placemark 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: View Placemark
The Ekati Diamond mine(s) in Canada are similar looking but smaller.
View Placemark
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