STS-108 Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Debriefing with Crewmembers
January 23, 2001

EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION CYCLE (ENSO)
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Peru, Bolivia: Lake Titicaca.
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Mali: Water in lakes just north of Niger River inland delta (winds from the east generate arrow-shaped lakes).
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Bolivia: Lake Poopo, Dec 2002—starting to decline.
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Bolivia: Salar Uyuni salt lake, Aug 2001—water along margins (compare STS108-719-79).
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Chile: Lago O'Higgins, southern Andes, one of a number of large glacier-fed lakes on the eastern flank of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field.
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Chile: Viedma Glacier, southern Andes. This large glacier exits from the Southern Patagonian Ice Field and enters beautiful Lago Viedma at an elevation of about 900 feet.
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Argentina: Upsala Glacier, southern Andes. This glacier enters a northern arm of Lago Argentina. The glacier retreated more than 4 km northward between 1968 and 1995, but appears to have stabilized in recent years.
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Argentina: Southern Patagonian Ice Field.
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Australia-NT: Line of pools highlighted in sunglint, northeast of Lake Eyre, Eyre basin.
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Australia-NT: Australian interior drainage.
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