STS106-719-9 Click the photo number to access all resolutions available and the database record.
| STS-106 Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Debriefing with Crewmembers October 17, 2000 |
| MIDDLE EAST AND CENTRAL ASIA |
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| STS106-719-9 |
STS106-719-9 Click the photo number to access all resolutions available and the database record. |
| 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. |
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