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Data acquired May 28, 2011 720 x 480 JPEG
Data acquired May 28, 2011 13 MB - GeoTIFF
Data acquired May 28, 2011 GOV/IMAGES/IMAGERECORDS/76000/76880/MOUNTAINPASS_ALI_2011148_FRONT
Atop a mountain peak in eastern California, rare earth elements are concentrated around some complex geological features.
NASA Earth Observatory image created by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using EO-1 ALI data provided courtesy of the NASA EO-1 team. Caption by Michon Scott with information from David Jessey, Cal Poly Pomona.
Published January 15, 2012 Data acquired May 28, 2011