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English: Norilsk is a major city in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, and the northernmost city in Siberia. The city was founded in the 1930s as a settlement for the Norilsk mining-metallurgic complex, sitting near the largest nickel-copper-palladium deposits on Earth. Mining and smelting of nickel, copper, cobalt, platinum, palladium are the major industries. The nickel ore is smelted on site at Norilsk. The smelting is directly responsible for severe pollution, generally acid rain and smog. By some estimates, 1 percent of the entire global emissions of sulfur dioxide comes from this one city. Heavy metal pollution near Norilsk is so severe that it is now economically feasible to mine the soil, which has been polluted so severely that it has economic grades of platinum and palladium. The image was acquired July 21, 2000, covers an area of 36.9 x 37.6 km, and is located at 69.3 degrees north latitude, 88.2 degrees east longitude.
Русский: Фотография города Норильска и его окрестностей со спутника Терра полученная японским зондом ASTER летом 2000 года (площадь
снимка: 36,9 х 37,6 км, координаты: 69,3° с.ш., 88,2° в.д.). На снимке виден город Норильск и примыкающий к нему с юга массив норильских гор - северные отроги хребта «Лонтокойский Камень». В правом вернем углу река Норильская. Также на снимке виден город-спутник Кайеркан, река Амбарная, Надеждинский металлургический завод и многочисленные хвостохранилища Норникеля. |
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Date | Taken on 21 July 2000 | ||
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Norilsk, Siberia (direct link)
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Author | NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team |
Camera location | 69° 18′ 00″ N, 88° 12′ 00″ E ![]() | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | ![]() |
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Норильск (Norilsk)
Надеждинский металлургический завод (НорНикель) Nadezhdinsky Metallurgical Plant (Norilsk Nikel)
Кайеркан (Kayerkan)
Норильский горно-металлургический комбинат (НорНикель) Norilsk Mining and Metallurgical Combine (Norilsk Nikel)
Кайерканский угольный разрез (Kayerkan coal mine)
Гора Надежда (Nadezhda Mount)
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