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Geology Picture of the Week, February 2-8, 2003
NASA Earth Observatory ^
| 02/04/2003
Posted on 02/04/2003 11:31:03 AM PST by cogitator
A combined oceanographic and geologic image today. Click the image below to see the larger image, which is only 515 MB. I was struck both by the phenomenon caught by the satellite and also the amazing colors of the Namibian landscape. See the link at the bottom for another Namibian feature of note, which is north of the area seen in this image.
Web page: Sulfur plume off Namibia
Brandberg Massif The Brandberg Massif is a highly- visible geologic feature that is familar to astronauts.
TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Education; Miscellaneous; Outdoors; Science
KEYWORDS: desert; namibia; phytoplankton; sand; sulfur
I was kind of stumped for a Geology Picture of the Week this week; and also perturbed by the Columbia disaster. Then I saw this image, illustrating that the view from space is exceptional, and that we cannot abandon our space-based scientific research.
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02/04/2003 11:31:03 AM PST
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cogitator
To: 2Trievers; headsonpikes; Pokey78; Lil'freeper; epsjr; sauropod; kayak; Miss Marple; CPT Clay; ...
** ping **
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02/04/2003 11:36:13 AM PST
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cogitator
To: cogitator
That is what our dearly departed astronauts saw on their 16 day sojourn to touch the face of God. How many of us would not risk their fate to see such views first person?
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02/04/2003 12:45:12 PM PST
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Search4Truth
(Rebellion to tyrants, is obedience to God -Thomas Jefferson.)
To: cogitator
" ...we cannot abandon our space-based scientific research." How right you are.
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