Date: 15/08/2022 15:43:08
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 1921217
Subject: Pretty pictures of lithium mining
Soquimich lithium mine in the Atacama desert.
The vivid hues of the lithium fields, or ponds, are caused by different concentrations of lithium carbonate. Their colours can range from a pinky white, to a turquoise, to a highly concentrated, canary yellow.
A 2015 piece in the New Scientist described the fields as “surreal landscapes where batteries are born”.
