Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Debriefing with Crewmembers, 17 October, 2000

STS-106 Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Debriefing with Crewmembers
October 17, 2000

MIDDLE EAST AND CENTRAL ASIA

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STS106-718-56 Dust pall with marked front, Amu Darya valley, northern Afghanistan.

STS106-719-9 Analogues to Martian Landforms. Lop Nur (East Taklamakan Desert, Sinkiang, western China) is a large ephemeral lake with well-preserved old shorelines. Mars Orbital Camera images reveal similar features in the northern hemisphere of Mars, for which Lop Nur may be a possible analogue; well-developed dust storms, as seen here are common on Mars.

STS106-703-33 Deep dust layer reaches summits of western Atlas, Morocco--regional dust pall in Sahara.

STS106-705-9 Western Himalaya--fault controlled valleys, moraine streaked glaciers, K2 peak.

STS106-717-17 Lake Karakul, Tajikistan. This large, odd-shaped lake is an imapct crater that has been dated at <225 million years. The original crater diameter was 45 km.

STS106-701-91 The Hovsgol rift, in Mongolia, lies west of the Baykal rift and is linked t oit by an east-trending transform fault zone. This is the best photo to date that illustrates the asymmetry of rift valleys - one flank of the valley is a steep fault scarp (east), whereas the other flank slopes more gradually toward the valley axis.

STS106-704-23 A detailed view of Lake Baykal clearly shows faults of the transfre zone faults that give rise to Academician Ridge. Dark lavas can be seen radiating from a volcanic vent west of the break in the Ridge.

STS106-704-17 One of several detailed mapping photos of Lake Baykal, frame 17 shows that rift faults control the location of the apex of the Selenga River delta. Details of the deltaic wetlands and of deforested areas are well displayed.

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STS106-718-56	Dust pall with marked front, Amu Darya valley, northern Afghanistan.
STS106-719-9	Analogues to Martian Landforms. Lop Nur (East Taklamakan Desert, Sinkiang, western China) is a large ephemeral lake with well-preserved old shorelines. Mars Orbital Camera images reveal similar features in the northern hemisphere of Mars, for which Lop Nur may be a possible analogue; well-developed dust storms, as seen here are common on Mars.
STS106-703-33	Deep dust layer reaches summits of western Atlas, Morocco--regional dust pall in Sahara.
STS106-705-9	Western Himalaya--fault controlled valleys, moraine streaked glaciers, K2 peak.
STS106-717-17	Lake Karakul, Tajikistan. This large, odd-shaped lake is an imapct crater that has been dated at <225 million years. The original crater diameter was 45 km.
STS106-701-91	The Hovsgol rift, in Mongolia, lies west of the Baykal rift and is linked t oit by an east-trending transform fault zone. This is the best photo to date that illustrates the asymmetry of rift valleys - one flank of the valley is a steep fault scarp (east), whereas the other flank slopes more gradually toward the valley axis.
STS106-704-23	A detailed view of Lake Baykal clearly shows faults of the transfre zone faults that give rise to Academician Ridge. Dark lavas can be seen radiating from a volcanic vent west of the break in the Ridge.
STS106-704-17	One of several detailed mapping photos of Lake Baykal, frame 17 shows that rift faults control the location of the apex of the Selenga River delta. Details of the deltaic wetlands and of deforested areas are well displayed.

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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