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The Escondida copper, gold and silver pit mine in Chile’s Atacama Desert, as seen in this image from the ASTER satellite. The mine is at an elevation of about 10,000 feet, and produces 127,000 tons per day of ore. Bit of an unusual space shot really but I thought the myriad of textures and muted colours made an interesting desktop image.

Credit: NASA/ U.S-Japan ASTER.