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The basin’s colloquial name is the “Land of Terror” because, for many, to traverse this land is to stare death in the face.
NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Laura Rocchio, Landsat science outreach team. We also tip our hats to James Varghese, the EO reader who correctly identified the location and the rock formations.
Published December 2, 2017 Data acquired October 22, 2017