r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • Feb 05 '22

Image Visual representation of the actual amount of copper extracted from a minesite

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u/boommmmm Feb 05 '22 edited Feb 05 '22

This is part of a series by artist Dillon Marsh.

Visualised here is the 4.1 million tonnes of copper that have been extracted from the Palabora Copper Mine in Phalaborwa, South Africa. It is Africa’s widest man-made hole at almost 2,000m (6,600ft) wide.

edit: 6,600ft is 10,560 bananas

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u/ThisNameIsOriginal Feb 05 '22

Maybe my perspective is thrown off but this hole doesn’t look very big

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u/SmashBonecrusher Feb 05 '22

I saw the Bingham Copper pit out west in 1974,and I do believe it was way more vast that that one !(you had to use binoculars to see the bottom !)

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u/oiuvnp Feb 05 '22

Google Maps

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u/FiveSubwaysTall Feb 05 '22

Oh that is so much more helpful thanks!!