Noel,
One would hope that the error is accidental! However it barely shows
Penzance at that scale and resolution and china clay extraction doesn't, in
my opinion, count as strip mining. However we can only guess at the reasons
behind the description.
Pete Joseph
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Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 6:34 PM
Subject: Re: Cornish Mining from Space
> In a message dated 1/5/09 1:59:48 AM, [log in to unmask] writes:
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> Not to defend NASA carte blanche (no puns intended), but is it not
> possible
> the caption is intended to state that the photograph shows both Penzance
> AND
> "strip mining" features rather than strip mining OF Penzance?
>
> Noel Kirshenbaum
>
>> I've just found this NASA photograph of Cornwall which is captioned
>> "PENZANCE, STRIP MINING". I suspect that many of you will have a much
>> better idea of
>> what it shows than I do.
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/8n6l8e
>>
>> Keith Ramsey
>>
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