Meseta de Somuncura, Patagonia, Argentina #3401


#3401 Meseta de Somuncura, Patagonia, Argentina by JVPD
3D image of the Meseta de Somuncura is a semi-arid basalt plateau in northern Patagonia. This view of the northwestern part of the plateau, near Los Menucos, Argentina, shows numerous depressions where the upper basalt layers are missing or collapsed. This cross-eyed stereoscopic image pair was generated using topographic data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, combined with an enhanced Landsat 7satellite color image. The topography data are used to create two differing perspectives of a single image, one perspective for each eye. In doing so, each point in the image is shifted slightly, depending on its elevation. When stereoscopically merged, the result is a vertically exaggerated view of the Earth's surface in its full three dimensions.

Photo Credit: NASA/JPL/NIMA [0003-0701-0819-5737] by 0003

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3d, argentina, basalt plateau, geography, jpl, los menucos, meseta de somuncura, nasa, patagonia