The Great Opencast, the remains of copper mining

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The Great Opencast, Parys Mountain. Once the biggest copper mine in the world, now a tourist attraction. Despite not being worked for many years the ground is so polluted nothing much grows there.

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Size: 4000px × 6016px
Location: Parys Mountain, Amlwch, Anglesey, Waoles, UK
Photo credit: © Jim Clark / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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