Quarry

in Picture A Day5 years ago (edited)

The picture shows a huge marble gypsum quarry in the eastern part of the island of Crete, Greece. Unfortunately, I couldn't find its name on the Internet... It's called Altsi, thanks to @fotostef, who lives nearby. :)

If you open the photo in full size, you will see a tiny excavator in the middle of the image.

I like to take pictures of quarries; their size is astounding.

Lasithi, Crete, Greece.
July, 2010.
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Haha, this is a few km away from my home :)
It is called Altsi and it is actually a gypsum quarry.

Nice picture!

Yes, I knew that you live in those places (after all, I read all your posts almost from the beginning), and I expected that you would tell me the name. ;) Thank you!

Only two words: simply splendid 👍

🙂 Thanks man

Wow, this is such a huge site. I guess there was a mountain before they started digging it. Good one sir 👌

Thanks 🙂


seeing a nice rocky quarry, never got to see a marble
one tho, visited a few limestone ones in Germany
years ago, was quite a few fossils to be found! :-)What a beautiful quarry @alexanderfluke! I really love

oops gypsum! lol

Thank you and thanks for your nice comment! 🙂

Very cool picture! Quarries are magnificent scars in the Earths crust. Some are just so huge

Thank you!