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Chilean Volcanoes

auteur: Nasa/USGS/Novapix

référence: t-sachi-00001

Image Size 300 DPI: 26 * 26 cm

On the border between Chile and the Catamarca province of Argentina lies a vast field of currently dormant volcanoes. Over time, these volcanoes have laid down a crust of magma roughly 2 miles (3.5 km) thick. It is tinged with a patina of various colors that can indicate both the age and mineral content of the original lava flows. Image obtained with Landsat-7 satellite on May 15 1999.

Keywords for this photo:

1999 - ANDES - ARGENTINA - CHILE - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - FALSE COLOR - LANDSAT - LANDSAT-7 - MOUNTAIN - SATELLITE IMAGE - SOUTH AMERICA - VOLCANO -