In Nature

For What It’s Worth – Gold of South Africa

July 24, 2018

South Africa has the world’s largest gold reserves, all along the Witwatersrand Basin, a 300km long geological formation. Along it are seven gold mines, and each have been mined for large amounts of precious metal. Designer Dillon Marsh has a clever series where he visualizes the gold mined from each location using computer generated renderings. The giant gold orbs are sized according to the amount recovered. Via Behance:

48af0431108333.5a9f7dadc6e45 — Far West Rand – 349 million troy ounces.

73dded31108333.5a9f7dadc5975 — Evander Goldfield – 49 million troy ounces.

5888e331108333.5a9f7dadc55f7 — Central Rand Goldfield – 250 million troy ounces.

a4ebb931108333.5a9f7dadc699b — West Rand Goldfield – 102 million troy ounces.

b8d79731108333.5a9f7dadc661e — East Rand Goldfield – 319 million troy ounces.

bc65d131108333.5a9f7dadc6173 — Free State Goldfield – 335 million troy ounces.

d647f131108333.5a9f7dadc5ea6 — Klerksdorp Goldfield – 209 million troy ounces.

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Author Ben VanderVeen

Ben VanderVeen is the founder and editor of Moss & Fog, one of the web’s longest-running visual culture destinations. Since 2009, he’s been finding and framing the most beautiful, surprising, and thought-provoking work in art, architecture, design, and nature — reaching over 325,000 readers each month. He lives in Portland, Oregon.