Media, sources & credits.

All site photography and films are intended to depict real-world locations and equipment. They are industry illustrations and not evidence of RetonRidge ownership or operations.

Media sources.

Tesla Model 3 at a Supercharger

TaurusEmerald · Modesto, California · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and cropped for display; image adaptations retain the same license. No Tesla affiliation or endorsement is implied.

New lithium-brine photographs

Salar de Atacama, December 2009 · NASA Expedition 22 crew / NASA Johnson Space Center. Public-domain astronaut photograph. Local file: brine-astronaut.jpg.

Salar de Atacama, November 2018 · NASA Earth Observatory / Landsat 8. Public domain. Local file: brine-2018.jpg.

Salar de Olaroz, Argentina · Coordenação-Geral de Observação da Terra/INPE; Oton Barros (DSR/OBT/INPE), CBERS-4 false-color satellite image, 2018. CC BY-SA 2.0. Resized and cropped for display; image adaptations retain the same license. Local file: brine-olaroz.jpg.

Three Decades of Lithium in Chile

USGS EROS film, May 2021 · John Hult (writer) and Brian Hauge (video & animation). Source states public domain. Transcoded to 720p H.264 for web delivery; content retained. Independent educational film; no endorsement implied. Local file: lithium-history.mp4.

The source links also help visitors independently understand the minerals and technologies shown on the site.

Lithium-brine homepage photograph

Location: Salar de Atacama, Chile · Source: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center / Scientific Visualization Studio

Space-based image; genuine real-world lithium brine ponds. NASA requests that attribution be given.

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Lithium-brine homepage motion footage

Location: Lake Zabuye, Tibet · Source: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

A real satellite time-lapse; not drone footage. NASA SVS asks for credit.

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Lithium-brine panorama

Location: Salar de Atacama, Chile · Source: ESA Copernicus Sentinel-2 / Wikimedia Commons

Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2017), processed by ESA. CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Resized for web delivery and displayed with responsive cropping. Any adaptation of this image is offered under the same license.

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Second lithium-brine image

Location: Lake Zabuye, Tibet · Source: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

Real satellite image of lithium brine ponds; not RetonRidge property.

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Additional brine image

Location: Salar de Atacama, Chile · Source: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

Real satellite image.

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EV charging

Location: Buffalo, New York · Source: Fortunate4now / Wikimedia Commons CC0

Real EV charging photograph, CC0.

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Battery storage

Location: Stanton, California · Source: Sig. Chiocciola / Wikimedia Commons, CC0

Real battery storage site, CC0.

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Data center server racks

Location: NERSC, Berkeley, California · Source: Derrick Coetzee / Wikimedia Commons, CC0

CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.

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Everyday personal devices

Location: Photographic still life of laptop, phone and notebook · Source: Héctor Martínez / Unsplash / Wikimedia Commons, CC0

Real photograph uploaded under an early Unsplash CC0 license.

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Additional footage of lithium brine

Location: Salar de Atacama, Chile · Source: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

Real satellite time-lapse; a different location from the hero film.

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NASA satellite imagery and HLS time-lapses are used under NASA media usage guidelines. No NASA or ESA endorsement is implied. All media depicts third-party industry locations. Source and license links are provided above.