mining

Finding illegal airstrips in Brazil

Maps / airstrip, flights, mining, New York Times

Using a combination of satellite imagery, crowdsourced databases, and analyses, The New York…
Sand mining viewed from above

Infographics / mining, Poyang Lake, Reuters, satellite imagery

Poyang Lake is China’s largest freshwater lake, but sand mining has changed its…
Photorealistic balls of precious metals placed outside their mines

Data Art / mining

Artist Dillon Marsh uses CGI balls of metal placed outside of mines to…