Cordillera Oriental

Colombia, Cordillera Oriental detail: Possibly the only photo of this span of the Andes -- always cloud-covered. The Cordillera is another block of ancient continental crust that has been forced up during the Nazca-S. American plate collision. Lago Tota is near center.

Photo and caption thanks to:
Earth Sciences and Image Analysis, NASA-Johnson Space Center. 30 Apr. 2003. "Astronaut Photography of Earth - Display Record." http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=STS109&roll=720&frame=75.

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