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Fri 16 Nov, 2007 03:05 am
Some information that doesn't come through with the pictures:-
The largest surface mine in the world-this diamond mine is in Eastern Siberia within a town called "Mirny". It's 525 metres deep and 1.2 km across.
The truck "Belaz" is one of the largest in the world. It's 13.36m long, 7.78m wide, 6.65m tall, and appears as a tiny dot.
The hole is so large that its "airspace" is closed to aircraft as the wind causes unpredictable vortex.
As the Russians say, "Tuffski -Shitsky" or in the language we understand "Piss on the environment"
The final image is the view from space.
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