Text written in Basque and translated automatically by Elia without any subsequent editing. SEE ORIGINAL
Gold hole
2005/08/24 Carton Virto, Eider - Elhuyar Zientzia
The image is one of the largest gold and copper mines in the world. It is a visible crater four kilometers wide.
The mine is located in Indonesia, on the Sudirman mountains. These mountains originated the tectonic plate movements in Australia and the Pacific, and the gold and copper minerals that humans exploded now were formed when the hot magma penetrated the sedimentary rocks. As can be seen in the figure, near the mine there are several equatorial mountain glaciers, very few glaciers.
The photo was taken from the International Space Station last June.
Photo: ANDÉN
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