Everything we do leaves a trace behind and rarely can we see it in such a drastic fashion.
This is an open-pit coal mining operation near the german town of Garzweiler. That town no longer exists and more towns are going to be razed & swallowed by these gigantic excavators.

As a reference you can see a tiny white dot at the bottom floor -- that's a large pickup truck. This pit is ~150m deep

The english description : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garzweiler_surface_mine
and a NPR report : www.npr.org/2021/06/28/1010956116/a-coal-mining-monster-is-threatening-to-swallow-a-small-town-in-germany

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