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English: 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.

Date

30 October 2013

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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=82365&src=eoa-iotd

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Astronaut photograph ISS037-E-22990

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	19:38, 16 January 2023		594 × 466 (313 KB)	Tillman	Cropped 18 % horizontally, 3 % vertically using CropTool with lossless mode.
	00:09, 14 November 2013		720 × 480 (318 KB)	Tillman	{{Information \|Description ={{en\|1=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 ...

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- Liste de mines aux États-Unis
- Mine de Boron
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- Boron (Californië)
Usage on uk.wikipedia.org
- Борон (родовище)
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- Q7335340

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