832-56536 - Copper beech in the courtyard of Kloster Benediktbeuren monastery, former Benedictine abbey, Bad Toelz-Wolfratshausen district, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
832-46999 - Aitik copper mine of Boliden AB, about 20 km southeast of the town of Gaellivare in northern Sweden, one of the largest open pit copper mines in Europe, in addition to copper, gold and silver, Molybdenum has been mined since 2008, Aitik, Lapland, Sweden,
832-42423 - Special trucks, Bingham Canyon Mine or Kennecott Copper Mine, largest man-made pit in the world, Oquirrh Mountains, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America, USA, PublicGround
832-46997 - Caterpillar 994F front end loader in the Aitik copper mine of Boliden AB, about 20 km southeast of the town of Gaellivare in northern Sweden, one of the largest open pit copper mines in Europe, in addition to copper, gold and silver, Molybdenum has been m
1113-71724 - Golden Hall in copper, Xian Tong Temple, Oldest monastery in Mount Wutai, Wutai Shan, Five Terrace Mountain, Buddhist Centre, town of Taihuai, Shanxi province, China
1113-71719 - Xian Tong Temple, Copper Palace, Golden Hall, Wutai Shan, Five Terrace Mountain, Buddhist Centre, town of Taihuai, Shanxi province, China, Asia
1113-71726 - Golden Hall, made of bronze, many Buddhas, Xian Tong Temple, Monastery, Wutai Shan, Five Terrace Mountain, Buddhist Centre, town of Taihuai, Shanxi province, China, Asia
1113-71723 - Copper Palace, Xian Tong Temple, Mount Wutai, oldest monastery in Wutai Shan, Ming dynasty, Five Terrace Mountain, Buddhist Zentrum, town of Taihuai, Shanxi province, China
1113-71730 - Roof of Copper Hall, symbolic animal decoration, Xian Tong Temple, Monastery, Wutai Shan, Five Terrace Mountain, Buddhist Centre, town of Taihuai, Shanxi province, China
1113-71727 - Golden Hall, made of bronze, many Buddhas, Xian Tong Temple, Monastery, Wutai Shan, Five Terrace Mountain, Buddhist Centre, town of Taihuai, Shanxi province, China, Asia
1113-42828 - Praying figures, Etruscan rock drawing, copper age, Naquane, Val Camonica, UNESCO World Heritage Site Val Camonica, Lombardy, Italy, Europe
857-66681 - Burning of computer wire and parts to recover copper and other metals in Accra, Ghana. The computers are shipped here from Europe and the USA and some are reused but majority are dumped in Ghana. Poor workers often from the northern poorer region of Ghana do the work and sell the copper to buyers who send the copper to China or India.
857-67697 - Chinese workers labor at a copper smelter in Tongling in China's central Anhui Province. The smelter refined some of the metals that will be used in the 2008 Summer Olympic medals to be held in Beijing.
857-67700 - Chinese workers labor at a copper smelter in Tongling in China's central Anhui Province. The smelter refined some of the metals that will be used in the 2008 Summer Olympic medals to be held in Beijing.
857-66653 - Circuit boards for recycling in Taizhou Taigang Metal Co. Ltd., Fengjiang Disassembling Industrial Park, Luqiao District, Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province, China.
857-66644 - Taicang Port Imported Recyclable Resources Processing Zone, near Shanghai, China. This is a development project of the government to encourage business in recycling of metals and plastics, some of which comes from electronics.
857-67696 - Chinese workers labor at a copper smelter in Tongling in China's central Anhui Province. The smelter refined some of the metals that will be used in the 2008 Summer Olympic medals to be held in Beijing.
1196-25 - N month of november 7 days before full moon a sacred ceremony is held in various monasteries throughout himalayas by traditional healers known as amchis. They bring their precious herbs, minerals special animal glands to be blessed. A selected amount of herbs is placed in a copper vessel placed on monastery alter. 7 days amchis go through an elaborate potenization of these medicines through prayer other practices. Seen here is of amchis holding a dorje (sacred object used cutting through obscurations) which is lined from a vessel containing various herbs sitting on monastery alter to heart chakra. Chang tang nyee, ladakh, indi
911-4902 - Sea cliffs stained green from copper deposits leaching from the old Geevor Tin Mine near St. Just in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe
911-4897 - Sea cliffs stained green from copper deposits leaching from the old Geevor Tin Mine near St. Just in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe
911-6244 - A landslide in the Copper Mines Valley caused by saturated ground during the November 2009 floods, Coniston, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe
911-6243 - The intake for a small scale hydro electric scheme in the Copper Mines Valley above Coniston, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe
911-4903 - Sea cliffs stained green from copper deposits leaching from the old Geevor Tin Mine near St. Just in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe
911-4898 - Sea cliffs stained green from copper deposits leaching from the old Geevor Tin Mine near St. Just in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe
911-5028 - Sea cliffs stained green from copper deposits leaching from the old Geevor Tin Mine near St. Just in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe
911-6245 - A landslide in the Copper Mines Valley caused by saturated ground during the November 2009 floods, Coniston, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe
911-5027 - Sea cliffs stained green from copper deposits leaching from the old Geevor Tin Mine near St. Just in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe
911-4905 - Sea cliffs stained green from copper deposits leaching from the old Geevor Tin Mine near St. Just in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe
911-4904 - Sea cliffs stained green from copper deposits leaching from the old Geevor Tin Mine near St. Just in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe
911-4896 - Sea cliffs stained green from copper deposits leaching from the old Geevor Tin Mine near St. Just in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe
911-4901 - Sea cliffs stained green from copper deposits leaching from the old Geevor Tin Mine near St. Just in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe
911-4900 - Sea cliffs stained green from copper deposits leaching from the old Geevor Tin Mine near St. Just in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe