Western Slope of Andes, Peru. NASA public domain image colelction.

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Western Slope of Andes, Peru. NASA public domain image colelction.

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Along the western flank of the Andes, 400 km SE of Lima Peru, erosion has carved the mountain slopes into long, narrow serpentine ridges. NASA Terra satellite captured this image on September 28, 2004.
NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team

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01/04/2008
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California Institute of Technology - Jet Propulsion Laboratory34.20139, -118.17341
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