Atlas Mountains

Credit: Credit: NASA/USGS EROS Data Center, Posted on: Thursday, 31 July 2003, 06:00 CDT Download full size image

These are the Anti-Atlas Mountains, part of the Atlas Mountain range in southern Morocco, Africa. The region contains some of the world’s largest and most diverse mineral resources, most of which are still untouched.

This image was acquired by Landsat 7’s Enhanced Thematic Mapper plus (ETM+) sensor on June 22, 2001. This is a false-color composite image made using shortwave infrared, infrared, and red wavelengths.

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