NASA Photo ID: STS046-104-090      File Name: 10064867.jpg
  Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 08/08/92
  Title: Andes Altiplano, Northwest, Argentina
  Description:
  This view of the Andean Altiplano in northwest Argentina (25.5S, 68.0W) is 
  dominated by heavily eroded older and inactive volcano peaks.  Snow is more 
  apparent on the south faces of the slopes where the sunlight is less direct  
  and therefore, cooler.  The Altiplano is a high altitude cold desert like
  the  Tibetan Plateau but smaller in area.  It is the inland extension of
  the  hyperarid Atacama Desert of the west coast of South America.                
  
  Subject terms:
  ARGENTINA                               
  DESERTS                                 
  EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
  MOUNTAINS                               
  PLATEAUS                                
  STS-46                                  
  VOLCANOES                               
  

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