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Cape Horn: Image of the Day
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Cape Horn: Image of the Day
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The southern tip of South America tapers off into a collection of rugged islands known as Tierra del Fuego. The southernmost headland in this archipelago (group of islands) is Cape Horn. Before the completion of the Panama Canal, ships had to ''round the Horn'' in order to move goods or people from the Atlantic side of North and South America to the Pacific. The area is notorious for its sailing hazards: strong winds, large waves, and icebergs drifting up from Antarctica. This image from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer asterweb.jpl.nasa.go v (ASTER) on NASA's terra.nasa.gov Terra satellite shows some of the islands at the tip of South America, including the Wollaston Islands (top right) and the Hermite Islands (center). Cape Horn sits on one of the Hermite Islands, Isla Hornos. Precipitation is abundant in the area, and the islands are lush with green vegetation except at high elevations, where bare rock appears to be exposed. Small lakes (easy to confuse with shadows) are scattered across most of the islands. A veil of thin clouds hangs over much of the scene, and bright white snow stands out on the east-facing summits of the mountains on the Wollaston Islands. Along some of the coastlines, white lines of breaking surf swirl in the water. The image was collected on September 20, 2005.
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The southern tip of South America tapers off into a collection of rugged islands known as Tierra del Fuego. The southernmost headland in this archipelago (group of islands) is Cape Horn. Before the completion of the Panama Canal, ships had to ''round the Horn'' in order to move goods or people from the Atlantic side of North and South America to the Pacific. The area is notorious for its sailing hazards: strong winds, large waves, and icebergs drifting up from Antarctica. This image from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer asterweb.jpl.nasa.go v (ASTER) on NASA's terra.nasa.gov Terra satellite shows some of the islands at the tip of South America, including the Wollaston Islands (top right) and the Hermite Islands (center). Cape Horn sits on one of the Hermite Islands, Isla Hornos. Precipitation is abundant in the area, and the islands are lush with green vegetation except at high elevations, where bare rock appears to be exposed. Small lakes (easy to confuse with shadows) are scattered across most of the islands. A veil of thin clouds hangs over much of the scene, and bright white snow stands out on the east-facing summits of the mountains on the Wollaston Islands. Along some of the coastlines, white lines of breaking surf swirl in the water. The image was collected on September 20, 2005.
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What -- Terra
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What -- Terra
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What -- ASTER
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What -- ASTER
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Where -- Panama
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Where -- Panama
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What -- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer
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What -- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer
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Terra
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ASTER
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Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer
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Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer
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Panama
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capehorn_ast_2005263
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capehorn_ast_2005263
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gwilliam@archive.org
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gwilliam@archive.org
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2011-07-06 08:23:53
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2011-07-06 08:23:53
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2011-07-06 08:23:53
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2011-07-06 08:23:53
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NASA -- NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDA C/JAROS, and U.S./Japan asterweb.jpl.nasa.go v/ ASTER Science Team
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NASA -- NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDA C/JAROS, and U.S./Japan asterweb.jpl.nasa.go v/ ASTER Science Team
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file:/home/lunaadmin /Source_download/201 107/1/capehorn_ast_2 005263/capehorn_ast_ 2005263_lrg.jpg
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file:/home/lunaadmin /Source_download/201 107/1/capehorn_ast_2 005263/capehorn_ast_ 2005263_lrg.jpg
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capehorn_ast_2005263 _lrg.jpg
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capehorn_ast_2005263 _lrg.jpg
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2005-09-20
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Public Domain
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Public Domain
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2005
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eng
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