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STS094-715-36 Hurricane Dolores: Hurricane Dolores in the Eastern Pacific.

STS094-715-60 Hurricane Dolores: Hurricane Dolores in the Eastern Pacific.

STS094-727-31 African/Arabian: A more northerly detailed view of the African/Arabian/Eurasian plate boundary, from the Sea of Galilee to the Gulf of Iskenderun. Fine shot of the jog in the Dead Sea zone. The orientation of the boundary changes from north to northeast within Lebanon and Syria, where the Arabian and African blocks begin to interact with the Eurasian plate and the Zagros Mountains have been uplifted.

STS094-728-10 Arabian Peninsula: Across the Arabian Peninsula from the Red Sea is the Dead Sea fault zone, another region of rifting as well as strike-slip faulting. This view places the Dead Sea zone in the grander context of interactions among the African plate (Arabian Peninsula, Israel, Lebanon), the Arabian plate (Saudi Arabia, Syria), and the Eurasian plate (Turkey, Gulf of Iskenderun in upper part of photo). The African-Arabian plate boundary, like most plate boundaries, is irregular with steps, jogs and differing styles of deformation. The blocks flanking the long straight faults of the Dead Sea zone are moving laterally past each other, as well as rifting apart.

STS094-730-4 New Mexico: Excellent photograph of the whole New Mexico portion of the Rio Grande rift in its larger context. The green band snaking down the center of the view is the Rio Grande. From the Franklins near El Paso, northward through Colorado, the mountain ranges flanking the rift valley trend north. The valleys are commonly asymmetrical (half-grabens) -- deeper on the side closest to the range front. Along the length of the rift, the ranges are separated from each other by transfer fault zones that generally trend northeast in this region.

STS094-732-77 New Mexico: One of a very few photos of the Rio Grande rift showing the interaction between faults of the rift valley, which head northward from El Paso, and faults of the Border Corridor transform zone, which head southeastward to Big Bend National Park. The Franklin Mountains, within El Paso, trend north and are typical of the rift ranges throughout New Mexico and into Colorado. Sierra Samalayuca (SE of Sierra Juarez near El Paso) trends southeast, as do most ranges within the transform zone. Volcanoes commonly mark such corners where major rift structures change trend; the Potrillo Mountains (dark area west of El Paso) are volcanic peaks in that setting.

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STS094-715-36	Hurricane Dolores: Hurricane Dolores in the Eastern Pacific.
STS094-715-60	Hurricane Dolores: Hurricane Dolores in the Eastern Pacific.
STS094-727-31	African/Arabian: A more northerly detailed view of the African/Arabian/Eurasian plate boundary, from the Sea of Galilee to the Gulf of Iskenderun. Fine shot of the jog in the Dead Sea zone. The orientation of the boundary changes from north to northeast within Lebanon and Syria, where the Arabian and African blocks begin to interact with the Eurasian plate and the Zagros Mountains have been uplifted.
STS094-728-10	Arabian Peninsula: Across the Arabian Peninsula from the Red Sea is the Dead Sea fault zone, another region of rifting as well as strike-slip faulting. This view places the Dead Sea zone in the grander context of interactions among the African plate (Arabian Peninsula, Israel, Lebanon), the Arabian plate (Saudi Arabia, Syria), and the Eurasian plate (Turkey, Gulf of Iskenderun in upper part of photo). The African-Arabian plate boundary, like most plate boundaries, is irregular with steps, jogs and differing styles of deformation. The blocks flanking the long straight faults of the Dead Sea zone are moving laterally past each other, as well as rifting apart.
STS094-730-4	New Mexico: Excellent photograph of the whole New Mexico portion of the Rio Grande rift in its larger context. The green band snaking down the center of the view is the Rio Grande. From the Franklins near El Paso, northward through Colorado, the mountain ranges flanking the rift valley trend north. The valleys are commonly asymmetrical (half-grabens) -- deeper on the side closest to the range front. Along the length of the rift, the ranges are separated from each other by transfer fault zones that generally trend northeast in this region.
STS094-732-77	New Mexico: One of a very few photos of the Rio Grande rift showing the interaction between faults of the rift valley, which head northward from El Paso, and faults of the Border Corridor transform zone, which head southeastward to Big Bend National Park. The Franklin Mountains, within El Paso, trend north and are typical of the rift ranges throughout New Mexico and into Colorado. Sierra Samalayuca (SE of Sierra Juarez near El Paso) trends southeast, as do most ranges within the transform zone. Volcanoes commonly mark such corners where major rift structures change trend; the Potrillo Mountains (dark area west of El Paso) are volcanic peaks in that setting.

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." .
	NASA Responsible Official: Susan Runco Curator: jsc-earthweb@mail.nasa.gov Contributors: Earth Sciences Web Team	National Aeronautics and Space Administration Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center	International Space Station National Laboratory Last Update:
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