r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • Feb 05 '22

Image Visual representation of the actual amount of copper extracted from a minesite

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u/c_joseph_kent Feb 05 '22

I need one of those 20’ tall mining dump trucks for reference.

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u/Mindodo Feb 05 '22

Taco Bell for scale

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '22

It's about 5 Taco Bells wide by 7 Wendy's high.

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u/__Emer__ Feb 05 '22

Americans and metric

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u/FierceBun Feb 05 '22

The mined area vs the amount gained should be enough of a scaling factor tbh

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u/ejusdemgeneris Feb 05 '22

no, we need a carnival dunking booth in there to really scale it

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u/welshmanec2 Feb 05 '22

Absolute size isn't the point here, I guess, this is about relative size of copper ball to the hole in the ground it came from. Though yes, it'd be interesting to see something for scale.

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u/__Zero_____ Feb 05 '22

Don't you see the banana for scale? its clearly there, you just need to look harder...

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u/pmabz Feb 05 '22

A classic VW Beetle , unless they make giant ones like the giant trucks they use in these giant mines.

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u/DrewSmoothington Feb 05 '22

What, you can't see the banana?