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Chesapeake Bay seen from space

auteur: Nasa/Novapix

référence: t-namld-00002

Image Size 300 DPI: 61 * 75 cm

Chesapeake Bay on the eastern shore of USA seen by Landsat-7 satellite. In 1983 the largest impact crater of the United states of America has been discovered there. With a diameter of 80 km, this 35.5 millions year-old crater is buried more than 300 meters beneath the lower part of the bay.

Keywords for this photo:

2002 - ATLANTIC OCEAN - BAY - CENOZOIC - CHESAPEAKE BAY - DELAWARE - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - EOCENE - IMPACT - IMPACT CRATER - LANDSAT - LANDSAT-7 - MARYLAND - NORTH AMERICA - POSTER - RIVER - SATELLITE IMAGE - USA - VIRGINIA - WASHINGTON D.C. - WATER -