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Gold Mining in Russia’s Central Aldan Ore District

In places where concentrations of the precious metal have been discovered, mining operations are large enough to be seen from space.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published January 30, 2021
Data acquired September 11, 2019

Sources:
Landsat 8
Landsat 8 > OLI