Bingham (Kennecott) Copper Mine - World's Largest Open Pit Excavation

AIRVŪZ STAFF NOTE : Former Drone Video of the Week Finalist montesinosdroneworld created this amazing drone video of the world's largest open pit copper mine. The Bingham Canyon Mine, better known as the Kennecott Copper Mine, is located in northern Utah, southwest of Salt Lake City. Opened in 1905, it's produced an incredible 19 million tons of the red metal, worth over $100 billion based on current prices. Its excavation area covers about 1900 acres and is visible from the moon. It's currently owned by international mining giant Rio Tinto.

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Bingham Copper Mine Know also as Kennecott Copper Mine is the World's Biggest man made Open pit Excavation and Copper Mine, has the incredible dimensions of 2.5 miles or 4 km wide and around 0.75 miles or 1.2 km deep, just like the Great Wall of China this can be seen from space. started operations in 1903 and has been produce more copper than any other mine in the history. to get this aerials was a real challenge due to the immense and restrictions of this place, drone used was the DJI Mavic 3, Dlog color profile to get the most Dynamic Range and color graded in Post. Hope you can enjoy the Final Result and have some idea of this fascinating industry.