Open-Cast Coal Mining

Dramatic images of bucket-wheel excavators in open-cast lignite mining. The landscape features extensive earthworks and machinery in action.

Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Grevenbroich, view to bucket-wheel excavator at brown coal mining Garzweiler
Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Grevenbroich, view to bucket-wheel excavator at brown coal mining Garzweiler
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A790611 BAKERSFIELD, CA DEEP STEAM GENERATOR CHUCK RAY (Project Engineer) SEP 20 79EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 9/20/1979 AERIAL SITE PHOTO; AERIAL VIEW; BAKERSFIELD, CA; DEEP STEAM GENERATOR; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; GENERATORS; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; RAY, CHUCK; STEAM GENERATOR; TEST SITES historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.
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Garzweiler opencast lignite mine, near Jüchen, Rhenish lignite mining area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe
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Aerial photograph, dumpsite at Luener Muehlenbach, Alstedde, Luenen, Ruhr district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe
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Soldiers with the 716th Engineer Company, an Army Reserve engineer company based in Summersville, N.H., work at the base operations support site troop project at Fort McCoy, Wis., on Aug. 17, 2022, by moving fill dirt from the site. The 716ths Soldiers were at Fort McCoy to be a part of the Army Reserves and 86th Training Divisions Combat Support Training Exercise 86-22-02. The 716th was the fourth unit of 2022 to complete some work at the project and the sixth since 2021 when the project began. The site plan is to make it into a base operations support site for installation service contractors, such as facility maintenance, roads and grounds, solid waste, custodial, pest management, and more.
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Anefo photo collection. Aerial recording. Brouwershavengatdam. undated
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Electricity plant, substation at the new dam near Aswan on the Nile, Africa, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Africa
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Heating oil floating on ground water, environmental cleanup operation, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe
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Aerial view of a brick factory with a tall chimney billowing smoke into the sky, surrounded by patterns of red bricks, Bogura, Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh.
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Grossraeschen Seebaustelle, Grossraeschen construction site 01
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Electricity plant, substation at the new dam near Aswan on the Nile, Africa, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Africa
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Aerial view, Kupferkuhle Quarry, Warsteiner Kalkwerk GmbH & Co. KG, Warstein, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe
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Meuro bucket wheel excavator in winter in the Lusatian Lake District, Meuro rotary excavator in Lusatian Lake District in winter, Brandenburg
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Aerial view of a colossal turquoise crane stands poised beside a milky, pale-blue quarry lake, contrasting sharply with the stark, white earth, Miami, Florida, United States.
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The Turow opencast mine, officially PGE Gornictwo i Energetyka Konwencjonalna S.A., Oddzial KWB Turow, is a large-scale opencast lignite mine in southwestern Poland. It is located east of the Lusatian Neisse River on the territory of the municipality of Bogatynia. The operator is Polska Grupa Energetyczna
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Loaders sorting logs at sawmill, Ladysmith, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
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An overall view of facilities at McMurdo Station during Operation Deep Freeze '82. Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE '92 Base: Mcmurdo Station Country: Antarctica(ATA)