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Volcano Pinacate, Mexico Dec 5 2002

auteur: Nasa/USGS/Novapix

référence: t-namex-00004

Image Size 300 DPI: 61 * 61 cm

The pockmarked terrain of Pinacate National Park in Mexico's Sonora Province is evidence of a violent past. Among hundreds of volcanic vents and cinder cones are rare maar craters, formed when rising magma met underground water to create pockets of steam that blew nearly circular holes in the overlying crust.
Landsat-7 satellite image.

 

Keywords for this photo:

2002 - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - FALSE COLOR - LANDSAT - LANDSAT-7 - MEXICO - NATIONAL PARK - PINACATE - POSTER - SATELLITE IMAGE - VOLCANO -