# @astro_alex_esa on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BolmoziDF6Z
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/35584054-astro-alex-esa-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/536ed4268f.jpg
- **Posted:** 2018-10-06T10:01:32.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Alexander Gerst (@astro_alex_esa) — https://gondola.cc/astro_alex_esa

## Caption

These big holes influenced human history quite a bit. One of them is the Chuquicamata copper mine in the Atacama Desert, Among the biggest on that planet down there. / Diese riesigen Löcher haben die menschliche Geschichte wesentlich beeinflusst. Eines der beiden ist die Chuquicamata-Kupfermine in der Atacama-Wüste, eine der größten auf dem Planeten.
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Credit: ESA/NASA-A.Gerst
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#Chuquicamata #CopperMine #EarthViews #AtacamaDesert #ESA #ISS #SeenFromSpace #Astronaut

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atacamadesert, iss, seenfromspace, astronaut, chuquicamata, esa, earthviews, coppermine

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