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Canyons of the Andes Mountains, Southern Peru

In the arid terrain of the western slopes of the Andes Mountains in southern Peru, very little vegetation exists to soften or obscure the rugged topography. In the central part of the state of Ayacucho, pictured in this satellite image, the mountains are dramatically sliced by dozens of nearly straight, parallel canyons that point southwest toward the Pacific coast.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Canyons of the Andes Mountains, Southern Peru.

NASA image courtesy GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and the U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team. Caption by Rebecca Lindsey.

Published April 10, 2008
Data acquired September 28, 2004

Source:: Terra > ASTER