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Muruntau Gold Mine

The atoms of gold in this mine in Uzbekistan may have originated in colliding neutron stars and supernovas.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published August 4, 2022
Data acquired July 22, 2022

Source:
Landsat 8 > OLI