Toquepala Copper Mine, Southern Peru

The rugged, mineral-rich Andes support some of the world’s biggest mines (gold, silver, copper, and more). This image looks down the bullseye of Peru’s Toquepala copper mine, a steep sided and stepped open-pit mine.

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Astronaut photograph ISS007-E-15222 was taken from the International Space Station on September 22, 2003 with a Kodak DCS760 digital camera equipped with an 400mm lens. Image content was provided by M. Justin Wlkinson (Lockheed Martin / Earth Observations Laboratory, Johnson Space Center). The International Space Station Program supports the laboratory to help astronauts take pictures of Earth that will be of the greatest value to scientists and the public, and to make those images freely available on the Internet. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth.

Published October 13, 2003
Data acquired September 22, 2003

Source:

ISS > Digital Camera

Collection:

Astronaut Photography