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| STS-104 Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Debriefing with Crewmembers August 24, 2001 |
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| STS104-704-70 |
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| United States: Hawaiian Islands. Molokai, Lanai, Maui, Kahoolawe, and Hawaii (from foreground to background) fill the field of view. Inactive volcano Haleakala makes up most of the larger lobe of Maui. As this piece of the Pacific oceanic plate has moved NNW-ward across a mantle hotspot, volcanoes have grown above the sea surface to form the islands. Hawaii is at the volcanically active SE end of the chain; a submarine volcano -- not yet an island -- lies just south of Hawaii. |
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