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28-Aug-2011

Land of the Giant Trucks

Goldfield, CO

For scale, consider that the truck in front is about 2 stories (25 feet) tall. This is inside a giant open pit gold mine. Owned by the Newmont Mining Corporation.


Best viewed at original size.

Nikon D300 ,Nikkor AF-S DX 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR
1/15s f/8.0 at 85.0mm iso200 Tone Mapped hide exif
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Date/Time28-Aug-2011 14:56:44
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Focal Length85 mm
Exposure Time1/15 sec
Aperturef/8
ISO Equivalent200
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White Balance0
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Julie Oldfield29-Mar-2019 01:24
Wow.....they look like toys. V
pkocinski28-Mar-2019 12:05
Cool!
Graeme27-Mar-2019 22:52
A fascinating scene of this gold mine, Dan.V
John Vass27-Mar-2019 21:45
This is great Dan! BV These are huge trucks by looking at whats probably a D12 cat bulldozer pushing rock that big truck has brought in. The slightly smaller truck buzzing by is doing a different job somewhere else in the pit! I we surprised that they had (re)opened a pit like this! I assume it is a cyanide leaching operation that is near the headwaters of the Arkansas River.
(But what could go wrong?)
Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company was bought by Newmont Mining Corporation in 2015
Allan Jay27-Mar-2019 20:59
Wonderful perspective!
Pieter Bos27-Mar-2019 19:33
Great lines in this very interesting image! ~V
Tom Beech27-Mar-2019 18:30
Very artistic shot Dan... lovely (other than what they are actually doing)
Blandine Mangin27-Mar-2019 17:55
very nice ! v
globalgadabout27-Mar-2019 17:38
certainly seems a large scale operation...intriguing how thoroughly the land is sliced open..
Neil Marcus27-Mar-2019 17:08
This view is pure gold, Dan. big vote
Hank Vander Velde27-Mar-2019 17:03
A beautiful well composed image with appropriate golden hues and tones.
Carter Creek27-Mar-2019 16:50
Excellent. V
MarcViskens27-Mar-2019 16:40
Amazing
carabias27-Mar-2019 16:39
A golden color! A very beautiful photograph, Dan. BV+
Jim Coffman27-Mar-2019 16:11
Mesmerizing!! Fantastic scene so well captured, Dan.