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ISS View of the Southwestern USA
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ISS View of the Southwestern USA

This panoramic view of the southwestern USA and Pacific Ocean was taken by an astronaut looking out at an angle from the International Space Station

Published Oct 4, 2010

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Southern Sierra Nevada and Owens Lake
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Southern Sierra Nevada and Owens Lake

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station looked obliquely down at the steep eastern flank of California’s Sierra Nevada. Even from space the topography is impressive. The range drops nearly 11,000 feet from Mt. Whitney (under cloud, arrow), the highest mountain in the lower 48 states (14,494 ft), to the floor of Owens Valley (the elevation of the town of Lone Pine is 3,760 ft). The Sierra Nevada landscape is well known for deep, glacially scoured valleys, like Kern Canyon west of Mt. Whitney.

Published Mar 9, 2003

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San Francisco Region at Night
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San Francisco Region at Night

City lights reflect some of the landscape features that determine urban growth patterns in the region.

Published Oct 21, 2013

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Salt Lake City at Night
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Salt Lake City at Night

It is the capital of Utah, headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and “the crossroads of the West.”

Published Jan 6, 2014

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Great Salt Lake, Oblique View
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Great Salt Lake, Oblique View

The lake and surrounding landscape are characterized by many flavors and mixtures of salt.

Published Feb 1, 2016

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Seasons of Snow Cover in the West
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Seasons of Snow Cover in the West

A blanket of white comes and goes from the mountains and deserts of the American West.

Published Apr 16, 2018

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Salt Lake City, Utah
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Salt Lake City, Utah

This regional view of Salt Lake City, photographed on 14 June 2003 from the International Space Station, shows the city and its suburbs nestled between the Wasatch Front and the Great Salt Lake.

Published Jul 27, 2003

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Salt Lake City, Utah
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Salt Lake City, Utah

Published Feb 20, 2001

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Owens Lake, California
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Owens Lake, California

California’s Owens Lake was once part of a much larger lake and river system during the Pleistocene Epoch (about 3 million to 12,000 years ago).

Published Sep 12, 2011

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Utah
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Utah

Published Feb 19, 2001

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Bonneville Salt Flats
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Bonneville Salt Flats

From the vantage point of the ISS, landscape patterns reveal the intermingling of older geologic formations and more recent landforms in this region.

Published Feb 25, 2018

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Lake Natron, Tanzania
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Lake Natron, Tanzania

Published Dec 15, 2002

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