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| Peruvian Valleys: Some of the deepest canyons in the world cut
west to the Pacific from the high crest of the Andes Mountains in
Peru. This dramatic image taken from the International Space Station
provides a birds-eye view down the canyons of the Rio Camana and the
Rio Ocona. The low early morning sun highlights the extreme
topography created by rapidly uplifting mountains and powerful water
erosion by water dropping nearly 10,000 feet (more than 3000 m) in
this view. At the edge of the image is the snowy flanks of Nevado
Coropuna, the highest mountain in the Cordillera Occidental (6613
meters) The coastal plane provides a small area for cultivating crops. The coastal region near the city of Camana suffered extensive damage from a tsunami in 2001. Deepest Canyons of the Andes, Camaná, Peru and Tsunami Vulnerability, and Earthquake Epicenter, Peru show other views of this area from space. |
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This service is provided by the International Space Station program and the JSC Astromaterials Research & Exploration Science Directorate. Recommended Citation: Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space Center. "The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth." . |
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