File:Central Andes Mountains, Salar de Arizaro, Argentina.jpg
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DescriptionCentral Andes Mountains, Salar de Arizaro, Argentina.jpg |
English: This image was taken by an astronaut looking south-east across the South American continent when the International Space Station (ISS) was almost directly over the Atacama Desert near Chile’s Pacific coast. The high plains (3000–5000 meters) of the Andes Mountains, also known as the Puna, appear in the foreground, with a line of young volcanoes facing the much lower Atacama Desert (1000–2000 m elevation). Several salt-crusted dry lakes (known as salars in Spanish) occupy the basins between major thrust faults in the Puna. Salar de Arizaro (foreground) is the largest of the dry lakes in this view. The Atlantic Ocean coastline, where Argentina’s capital city of Buenos Aires sits along the Río de la Plata, is dimly visible at image top left. Near image centre, the transition between two distinct geological zones, the Puna and the Sierras Pampeanas, creates a striking landscape contrast. Compared to the Puna, the Sierras Pampeanas mountains are lower in elevation and have fewer young volcanoes. Sharp-crested ridges are separated by wide, low valleys in this region. The Salinas Grandes—ephemeral shallow salt lakes—occupies one of these valleys. The general colour change from reds and browns in the foreground to blues and greens in the upper part of the image reflects the major climatic regions: the deserts of the Atacama and Puna versus the grassy plains of central Argentina, where rainfall is sufficient to promote lush prairie grass, known locally as the pampas. The Salinas Grandes mark an intermediate, semiarid region. |
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Source | NASA Earth Observatory |
Author | The NASA Expedition 23 crew |
Camera location | 25° 59′ 59.8″ S, 67° 30′ 00.1″ W ![]() | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | ![]() |
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Taken with a Nikon D3S digital camera fitted with an 80 mm lens. Provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, Johnson Space Center.
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Salar de Arizaro
Salinas Grandes
Salinas Grandes
Pampas
Sierras Pampeanas
Puna (High Andes)
Atacama Desert
Rio de la Plata
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Camera manufacturer | NIKON CORPORATION |
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Camera model | NIKON D3S |
Exposure time | 1/640 sec (0.0015625) |
F-number | f/11 |
ISO speed rating | 400 |
Date and time of data generation | 12:32, 26 April 2010 |
Lens focal length | 80 mm |
Orientation | Normal |
Horizontal resolution | 240 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 240 dpi |
Software used | GIMP 2.6.8 |
File change date and time | 13:25, 17 May 2010 |
Exposure Program | Aperture priority |
Exif version | 2.21 |
Date and time of digitizing | 12:32, 26 April 2010 |
Shutter speed | 9.321928 |
APEX aperture | 6.918863 |
Exposure bias | 0 |
Maximum land aperture | 3 APEX (f/2.83) |
Metering mode | Pattern |
Light source | Unknown |
Flash | Flash did not fire |
DateTime subseconds | 32 |
DateTimeOriginal subseconds | 32 |
DateTimeDigitized subseconds | 32 |
Color space | sRGB |
Sensing method | One-chip color area sensor |
Custom image processing | Normal process |
Exposure mode | Auto exposure |
White balance | Auto white balance |
Digital zoom ratio | 1 |
Focal length in 35 mm film | 80 mm |
Scene capture type | Standard |
Contrast | Normal |
Saturation | Normal |
Sharpness | Normal |
Subject distance range | Unknown |