Chuquicamata copper mine shown by S2

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 09 April 2017 at 14:37:51 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): land, ressources, mine, Atacama Desert, Chile, Bolivia
Fig. 1 - S2 image acquired over the Atacama between Chile and Bolivia - 11-8A-2 colour composite.
2D view
Fig. 2 - Global view of the dramatic scenary in 3D with the relief magnified with a 2x factor.
3D view
Fig. 3 - Zoom on the 4.3 km long and 3 km wide Chuquicamata, the Radomiro Tomic and the Mansa Mina copper mines.
2D view
Fig. 4 - 3D view highlighting the 900 m depth of the Chuquicamata open-pit mine.
3D view
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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