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Norwegian Svea mine, being returned to nature

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Norwegian Svea mine, being returned to nature
Location: Svalbard archipelago
Credit: European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery

This image, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites on 26 September 2023, shows the Van Mijenfjord fjord in the Svalbard archipelago in Norway. 

This fjord is home to Svea, a coal mine that produced hundreds of tonnes of coal a year until 2017. Now abandoned, Svea has been returned to nature in recent years thanks to one of Norway's largest nature restoration projects.

Open data from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite monitor Arctic ecosystem development and change.

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