An open pit coal mine in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming

By Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 2009 (approx.)

A vast view of an open pit mine with a couple of pieces of equipment in position

Detailed Description

An open pit coal mine in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming. Photo courtesy of the Bureau of Land Management Wyoming.

Sources/Usage

The Bureau of Land Management Wyoming has given the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center permission for use of this photo to be published with a certain article about mining and the Annual NLCD.