File:Salar de Atacama, Chile (ASTER).jpg
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[edit]DescriptionSalar de Atacama, Chile (ASTER).jpg |
English: Salar de Atacama (Atacama salt flats) in Chile’s Atacama Desert receives 2 mm rain per year. Its attraction are the brines 40 m below ground. They are pumped to the surface into large evaporation pans. After the water has vanished, a yellowish greasy solution is left behind that contains lithium. In fact, Salar de Atacama produces 27% of the world’s annual supply. Mining lithium here is less expensive to produce than from neighboring Salar de Uyuni, which is estimated to have half of the lithium reserves in the world. The image was acquired August 21, 2017, covers an area of 22.5 by 27.8 km, and is located at 23.5 degrees south, 68.3 degrees west. |
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Date | Taken on 21 August 2017 | ||
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Salar de Atacama, Chile (direct link)
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Author | NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team |
Object location | 23° 30′ 00″ S, 68° 18′ 00″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | -23.500000; -68.300000 |
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This media is a product of the Terra mission Credit and attribution belongs to the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) team, NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems |
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