Workman sprays a water canon at the Blue Clay inside the open pit Palmnicken Amber Mine on the Baltic Sea, Russia

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Workman sprays a high-pressure water canon at the Blue Clay inside of the Palmnicken Amber Mine on the Baltic Coast of Russia in Kaliningrad Oblast. The Palmnicken open pit mine is the largest amber mine in the world. It is estimated that more than 90% of world’s known amber is located there. This Baltic Sea region is the world’s original source of amber, and stones from this region have been found in Neolithic burial sites and Egyptian tombs dating back to 3200 Amber from the Palmnicken mine was used in the restoration of the Amber Room at the Catherine Palace at Tsarskoye Selo outside of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Photo by Chuck Nacke

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Size: 3661px × 5400px
Location: Palmnicken Amber mine, Yantarny, Kaliningrad Oblast, Baltic Sea, Russia
Photo credit: © Chuck Nacke / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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