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Aegean Sea from the space shuttle Atlantis 09/2000

auteur: Nasa/Novapix

référence: t-eugre-00007

Image Size 300 DPI: 34 * 34 cm

Crete (foreground), the Cyclades Islands, Greece and Turkey lie along the margin of the Eurasian and African tectonic plates; Africa is moving northward and being driven down beneath Eurasia. As a result volcanic islands, such as Santorini, develop and fault-bounded basin such, as the Gulf of Corinth, are formed. In addition, lavas and sediments that were originally deposited on the Mediterranean seafloor are uplifted and deformed.

Keywords for this photo:

2000 - AEGEAN SEA - ATMOSPHERE - CRETE - CYCLADES - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - EUROPE - GREECE - ISLAND - LIMB - MEDITERRANEAN SEA - PELOPONNESE - STS-106 - TURKEY -