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Open pit mining in Germany, a 40km2 hole...
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Open pit mining in Germany
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Tagebau Garzweiler
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Lignite mine Garzweiler, Germany
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tiny little shovel next to the bagger 288, the biggest excavator in the world @ strip mine Garzweiler, Germany
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Bagger 288, the biggest excavator in the world @ strip mine Garzweiler, Germany
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96m tall
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The 'big' truck is kinda small compared to the 288 excavator
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max speed 10 km/h
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Thunderbirds are go!
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96m tall, 45m wide and 215m long
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the enormous bucket-wheel
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Garzweiler II, Lignite mining Germany.
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The lignite cloudmachines @ Neurath Germany
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5 busy excavators
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a 4800 ha gap
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the mighty 288
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Bagger 288 in maintenance mode, Garzweiler Tagebau