Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Debriefing with Crewmembers, 24 August, 2001

STS-104 Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Debriefing with Crewmembers
August 24, 2001

GEOLOGY

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STS104-720-43 France: The Alps. This view embraces the great arc of the Maritime Alps of N. Italy/SE. France, to the Jura of Switzerland and France, to the Dolomite Alps of NE. Italy. The African and Eurasian continents have collided (and closed Mediterranean-type seas) several times in the geologic past. The Maritimes began to be uplifted and folded about 80 m.y. ago; the Jura and Prealpine ranges are younger (~65 to 23 m.y. ago).

STS104-710-39 Switzerland: Jura Alps, Pre-alps, Lake Geneva, the Matterhorn. The Rhone Valley is centered in this frame, one of seven in an excellent stereo mapping strip of the Swiss and French Alps. Frames overlap by ~60%, so that faults, drainages, and folded rock strata can be studied with stereoscopes and mapped. This suite will be used by specialists in alpine tectonics in a workshop on stereophoto mapping from Shuttle/ISS photos, to be held in Switzerland next month. (see also frame 41 below)

STS104-710-41 Switzerland: Grenoble, Isere River, the Chartreuse range. Centered on the northern Dauphine region, this frame adjoins frame 39 (above) in this fine mapping strip of the Alps.

STS104-726-16 Italy: Toe of the Boot of Italy, Salerno, Gargano Peninsula, Strait of Messina, Sicily with Etna and Stromboli smoking. The volcanic spine of southern Italy (Appenino Lucano) and the southeastern coast appear in 3-D perspective in this frame (see also frame 14).

STS104-726-14 Italy: Napoli and Vesuvius, islands of Capri and Ischia, Rome. This fine view provides a 3-D perspective of the volcanic peaks and high lava plateaus of the Appenino Napoletano. (see also frame 16)

STS104-710-60 Italy: Napoli, Vesuvius, island of Ischia, Appenino Napoletano. A second frame in a fine stereophoto mapping strip of the Appenine chain, from northern Italy to the Gulf of Tarranto, this photo beautifully shows the volcanic cone and crater of Vesuvius. The structural alignment of volcanoes, a result of the Africa-Eurasia collision and progressive closing of the Mediterranean, is readily observable here.

STS104-710-51 Italy: Florence, island of Elba, Appenino Tosco-Emiliano, Argentario Peninsula, Lakes Trasimeno (N) and Bolsena (S). This is part of a magnificent 18-frame stereophoto mapping strip of the entire Appenine mountain chain, from northern Italy to the Gulf of Tarranto, as well as Sicily.

STS104-710-69 Sicily: Mt. Etna with eruption plume.

STS104-726-18 Italy: Southern Italy with Sicily and erupting Mt Etna volcano.

STS104-328-18 Italy: Mt. Etna. On July 23, the day when this excellent photo was taken, an ash cloud from one of the summit vents reached an altitude of 5,000 m. Steam (white) is issuing from two vents on the flanks of the volcano; steam and ash may also be coming from a vent that is partially obscured by the main ash cloud.

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STS104-720-43	France: The Alps. This view embraces the great arc of the Maritime Alps of N. Italy/SE. France, to the Jura of Switzerland and France, to the Dolomite Alps of NE. Italy. The African and Eurasian continents have collided (and closed Mediterranean-type seas) several times in the geologic past. The Maritimes began to be uplifted and folded about 80 m.y. ago; the Jura and Prealpine ranges are younger (~65 to 23 m.y. ago).
STS104-710-39	Switzerland: Jura Alps, Pre-alps, Lake Geneva, the Matterhorn. The Rhone Valley is centered in this frame, one of seven in an excellent stereo mapping strip of the Swiss and French Alps. Frames overlap by ~60%, so that faults, drainages, and folded rock strata can be studied with stereoscopes and mapped. This suite will be used by specialists in alpine tectonics in a workshop on stereophoto mapping from Shuttle/ISS photos, to be held in Switzerland next month. (see also frame 41 below)
STS104-710-41	Switzerland: Grenoble, Isere River, the Chartreuse range. Centered on the northern Dauphine region, this frame adjoins frame 39 (above) in this fine mapping strip of the Alps.
STS104-726-16	Italy: Toe of the Boot of Italy, Salerno, Gargano Peninsula, Strait of Messina, Sicily with Etna and Stromboli smoking. The volcanic spine of southern Italy (Appenino Lucano) and the southeastern coast appear in 3-D perspective in this frame (see also frame 14).
STS104-726-14	Italy: Napoli and Vesuvius, islands of Capri and Ischia, Rome. This fine view provides a 3-D perspective of the volcanic peaks and high lava plateaus of the Appenino Napoletano. (see also frame 16)
STS104-710-60	Italy: Napoli, Vesuvius, island of Ischia, Appenino Napoletano. A second frame in a fine stereophoto mapping strip of the Appenine chain, from northern Italy to the Gulf of Tarranto, this photo beautifully shows the volcanic cone and crater of Vesuvius. The structural alignment of volcanoes, a result of the Africa-Eurasia collision and progressive closing of the Mediterranean, is readily observable here.
STS104-710-51	Italy: Florence, island of Elba, Appenino Tosco-Emiliano, Argentario Peninsula, Lakes Trasimeno (N) and Bolsena (S). This is part of a magnificent 18-frame stereophoto mapping strip of the entire Appenine mountain chain, from northern Italy to the Gulf of Tarranto, as well as Sicily.
STS104-710-69	Sicily: Mt. Etna with eruption plume.
STS104-726-18	Italy: Southern Italy with Sicily and erupting Mt Etna volcano.
STS104-328-18	Italy: Mt. Etna. On July 23, the day when this excellent photo was taken, an ash cloud from one of the summit vents reached an altitude of 5,000 m. Steam (white) is issuing from two vents on the flanks of the volcano; steam and ash may also be coming from a vent that is partially obscured by the main ash cloud.

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: Tracy Calhoun 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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