And this is the real machine in action Bagger 288, an open pit mining machine built by the Germans.

I'm a bit good at this google maps stuff, I actually found these monsters chewing through the
Garzweler via satellite, check the image link...

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=51.062851,6.5028275&z=17&t=h&hl=en-GB

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=51.051681,6.4888442&z=17&t=h&hl=en-GB

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=51.067898,6.5358558&z=17&t=h&hl=en-GB