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Laguna Mellquina, Andes Mountains
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Published June 19, 2001
This depiction of an area south of San Martin de Los Andes, Argentina, was the first Shuttle Radar Topography Mission view of the tallest mountain chain in the western hemisphere.
Mount Ararat (Agri Dagi), Turkey
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Published June 17, 2001
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Mount Ararat (16,940 feet; 5165 meters) is the largest volcano in Turkey. Although not currently active, its most recent eruption has probably been within the last 10,000 years. It is located in extreme northeastern Turkey, near the borders with Iran and Armenia. Southwest of the main peak lies Little Ararat (12,877 feet; 3896 meters). Ahora Gorge is a northeast-trending chasm dropping 6000 feet from the top of the mountain and was the focus of a major earthquake in 1840. A number of claims by different explorers to have found remnants of Noah’s Ark on Mt. Ararat have led to continuing expeditions to the mountain, many of which have focused their searches on the gorge area.
Mount Pinatubo Ten Years Later
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Published June 16, 2001
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SeaWiFS: Former Tropical Storm Allison
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Published June 15, 2001
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SeaWiFS: Dust from Iceland
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Global Effects of Mount Pinatubo
Watching the Creation of Southern California’s Largest Reservoir
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Published June 14, 2001
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Tropical Storm Allison
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Published June 13, 2001
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Tierra Del Fuego, Chile/Argentina
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Published June 12, 2001
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Egypt’s North Sinai Agricultural Development
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Published June 10, 2001
This time series of photographs of the Mediterranean coast near the Suez Canal shows ten years of changes associated with two of Egypt’s “Mega” Development Projects. At the mouth of the canal, a large auxiliary channel has been formed as part of a new central hub port and industrial zone, known as the East Port-Said Project. Further south, the effects of the Al-Salam (El Salam or “Peace”) Canal and North Sinai Agricultural Development Program can be seen as desert is converted to irrigated agriculture.
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