NASA Photo ID: SL4-138-3875        File Name: 10076370.jpg
Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 02/01/74
Title: View east over the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains
Description:
A color oblique view looking east over the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains 
(40.0N, 106.0W). This view covers a portion of the States of Colorado, 
Wyoming, and Nebraska. This entire region, covered with snow, depicts much
of  the structural and topographic features of the Rocky Mountain chain.
Only  change to snow pattern seen here is the (right center) metropolitan
areas of  Denver and Colorado Springs, Colorado, which can be observed
along the  eastern edge of the mountain front. The major inter-montane
valleys of South  Park (right center), Middle Park (center), and North Park
(left center) are  clearly visible and separate the Colorado Rockies Front
Range from the high  rugged mountains that form the core of the Rocky
Mountains. Individual  mountains can be discovered such as Pikes Peak near
right border (center),  Mt. Cunnison region, circular feature accentuated
by the Cunnison River  (dark) in the right center (bottom) of the
photograph. The snow covered peaks  of Mts. Harvard, Princeton, and Yale
form the high region of the Collegiate  Range which is the pronounced
mountain area in the right center. East of  Denver (right corner) is the
South Platte River (center) and its junction  with the North Platte River
near North Platte, Nebraska. Lake McConaughy in  Nebraska is the body of
water (black) near the river intersection. The trace  of the Republican
river in southern Nebraska is visible near the right corner  of the
photograph.   
Subject terms:
COLORADO                                
EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
MOUNTAINS                               
NEBRASKA                                
ONBOARD ACTIVITIES                      
PHOTOGRAPHY                             
PLAINS                                  
RIVERS                                  
SKYLAB 4                                
SKYLAB PROGRAM                          
SNOW                                    
TOPOGRAPHY                              
WYOMING                                 

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