Publication Date:
2011-08-24
Description:
A description is presented of the activities and results of the Space Shuttle mission STS-45, known as the Mission to Planet Earth. Observations of Mount St. Helens, Manila Bay and Mt. Pinatubo, the Great Salt Lake, the Aral Sea, and the Siberian cities of Troitsk and Kuybyshev are examined. The geological features and effects of human activity seen in photographs of these areas are pointed out.
Keywords:
EARTH RESOURCES AND REMOTE SENSING
Type:
Geocarto International (ISSN 1010-6049); 7; 4; p. 69-80.
Format:
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