Penguin Powered
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A joint
project between NASA/JSC & the NM Bureau of Geology
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Cover
Photograph
Space Shuttle photograph
of the Rio Grande rift in New Mexico, and the Rocky Mountains of Colorado
on the horizon, view north. The green band snaking down the center is the
Rio Grande. White patch in foreground is gypsum sand in White Sands National
Monument, with basalt flow just to north, and the Sacramento Mountains to
the east. Albuquerque and Sandia Mountains lie in the center of photo. Taos
valley is just south of the large cloud in the upper right. NASA # STS094-730-4.
July 5, 1997. Spacecraft Altitude: 159 nautical miles (294 km). Camera: Hasselblad,
100mm focal length. Penguin on main page from a photograph by Bill McIntosh,
digital photo manipulation by Becky Titus.
For more images, visit the NASA Office of Earth Sciences archive
of astronaut photos of the earth.
