Hobet Mine Satellite image, 1998
By Communications and Publishing
1998 (approx.)
Detailed Description
The Hobet-21 coal mine in the Appalachian Mountains of southern West Virginia was one of the State’s largest mountaintop removal mines. Mine footprints can be visible with remote sensing and may change through time as mining activities progress. This image shows the Hobet-21 mine in 1998, when the Hobet-21 mine had grown westward.
Sources/Usage
Public Domain.
USGS/NASA