A mountain range few have seen This gorgeous shot shows sedimentary layering in one of the most remo
A mountain range few have seen This gorgeous shot shows sedimentary layering in one of the most remote mountain ranges on Earth; the Transantarctic Mountains. The Transantarctic Mountains extend 3500 kilometers across the full continent, dividing East and West Antarctica. The highest peaks are about 4500 meters tall. This image was taken by a plane flying in NASA’s Operation IceBridge, a program which monitors and researches the status and health of the ice sheets at the north and south poles, including aircraft flights at low enough altitudes to get this photo. -JBB Image credit:http://www.nasa.gov/content/view-of-the-transantarctic-mountains/ -- source link
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