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Re:The coal mine that ate Hambacher forest by brazzy on Friday July 12, 2019 @09:08AM (#20420396)
Nice guessing, but nope. Old earth movements of that scale are anything but invisible on satellite pictures.

Here's a map that shows the area before mining began in 1978: https://www.bund-nrw.de/fileadmin/nrw/bilder/Braunkohle/1975...

So the rehabilitation area is in fact only the very prominent forest directly to the northwest of the active mining, a third to half its size rather than twice or thrice.

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Re:The coal mine that ate Hambacher forest by roenxi on Friday July 12, 2019 @10:06AM (#20420816)
I'm a mining engineer with previous experience as a rehabilitation planner in a coal mine. Technically I suppose I am guessing when I say that is a hill and it is not natural. However it is an extremely educated guess.

I assure you, it is a hill and it is not natural. It is clearly mine rehabilitation. I've been responsible for a very similar looking hill, in fact. Not quite as nice looking from a satellite photo I must admit, they've got a better shade of green.

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