This image includes the Andes to the east, the Mapocho and other rivers, the fertile valleys surrounging the metropolitan area and the Pacific to the west.
South America Cities from Space: Santiago, Chile
From Bonnie Hamre, former About.com Guide
Santiago STS088-705-62 - Image courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center, http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov
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