Atlas Obscura on Slate is a new travel blog. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. The second-largest man-made hole in the world (surpassed only by the Bingham Copper ...

Deep in Siberia, about 280 miles from the Arctic Circle, is a town that's been called a "mono-city" because so much of the population works for a single company. That company is Alrosa, the world's ...

Dubai, Sept. 28th, 2011 (WAM) -- DubaiSat-1, the UAE-owned and operated earth observation satellite, has relayed a pan-shaped, multi-spectral image of the Mirny Mine in Russia, the largest open pit ...

The entire existence of Mirny, Russia, revolves around the enormous pit that is the town's diamond mine. The precious stones attract a steady flow of newcomers looking for work, but the town's ...

Building empires takes money. And building industrial empires takes diamonds, not just for cash, but for the machines and tools that need them to operate. In a remote corner of Siberia, the Mir ...

Life in Mirny, in Siberia, revolves entirely around the enormous pit which is the town's diamond mine. The precious stones attract a steady flow of newcomers looking for work, but residents are ...

There are claims that the winds around Siberia's Mirny Mine sucks unsuspecting helicopters into its 1,700-feet-deep pit swirl, but even with those rumors aside, the diamond mine that began in 1955 ...

In the far north-east of Russia, a whole town of people dedicates their working lives to finding diamonds. Russia is the world's largest producer of diamonds by volume and Mirny is its ‘diamond ...

The legendary mine, founded in 1957, was captured by the satellite on the 13 th of September 2011. Located in Eastern Siberia, the Mirny Mine is 525 metres deep and has a diameter of 1,200 metres. It ...