THE OTHERWORLDLY LOOK OF AN ABANDONED MINE IN BRITAIN

It cost Nasa $2.5 billion (£1.5 billion) to land their Curiosity rover on Mars.  But, with tongue firmly in cheek, perhaps they could have fooled us all by sending a rover to the abandoned Wheal Maid mine in Cornwall instead. 

 

Photographer Mike Thomas’ incredible photos show how, in a secluded part of the UK, there is a landscape that looks as alien as anything any rover has seen on the red planet.

 

The mine itself was first opened in 1782.  Although it was mostly used to mine copper, there were a number of by-products that are still present today.  These include black tin, arsenic, pyrite and zinc ore, all of which combine to produce the fantastic colours you can see in the images.

 

Read more and see pictures

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2598930/Proof-life-Mars-No-eerie-photographs-reveal-alien-world-abandoned-Cornwall.html

 

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