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Image of the Day — Snow on the Plains of San Agustin

Posted: Saturday, February 17, 2024

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Snow on the Plains of San Agustin, November 2020

Image taken: 11/28/2020
by: Jacob Thacker
© 2020

Longitude: -107.459389977
Latitude: 34.0599312188
  (WGS 84 or NAD 83)

About this image

The Plains of San Agustin are the remnants of a Pliestocene lake that formed in a closed basin. The Very Large Array (VLA) of radio telescopes is located here.

For more information, see:

OFR-611 Geology of the Eastern Plains of San Agustin and Upper Alamosa Creek, Daniel J. Koning and Alex Rinehart, 2021, 69 p.

Image posted: 06-20-2021