Image: Rio Tinto Borax mine from ISS

Description: This photograph from an astronaut on the International Space Station features the former U.S. Borax mine, located to the northwest of Boron, California. Now owned by the Rio Tinto Group, it is the largest open-pit mine in California and is among the largest borate mines in the world.
Title: Rio Tinto Borax mine from ISS
Credit: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=82365&src=eoa-iotd
Author: Astronaut photograph ISS037-E-22990
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