Racing to Mine Lithium

One way of harvesting the valuable metal involves the use of evaporation ponds that concentrate the substance into lithium-rich brines.

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

Published January 2, 2023
Data acquired December 8, 2022

Source:

Landsat 9 > OLI-2