Image of the Day — Snow on the Plains of San Agustin
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Snow on the Plains of San Agustin, November 2020
Image taken:
11/28/2020
by: Jacob Thacker
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2020
Longitude: -107.45939
Latitude: 34.059931
(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