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Sierra Nevada, California as seen from STS-59
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Sierra Nevada, California as seen from STS-59

STS059-L09-162 (9-20 April 1994) --- Orient with the snow-covered mountains (Sierra Nevada of California) in the upper right corner. Then Owens Valley runs along the top of the photograph to Owens Lake playa at top center. The upper end of Death Valley extends from right to left in the foreground, with the drainage running down to a playa at Stovepipe Wells in the left foreground. Geologists are studying microwave signatures of the different playa surfaces, and the coatings on alluvial fans that extend from mountain masses, to try to sort out the history of different climates in this formerly wet but now hyperarid region.

Date
1994-04-14
Collection
JSC
Archive
NASA Image and Video Library
Type
photograph

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"Sierra Nevada, California as seen from STS-59" (1994-04-14). NASA/JSC. Public domain. https://images.nasa.gov/details/sts059-l09-162

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