Title

Earth from space - Imperial Valley, California, USA, seen from the Space Shuttle, c1980s. Creator: NASA.

Caption

Earth from space - Imperial Valley, California, USA, seen from the Space Shuttle, c1980s. On the right is the Salton Sea, a shallow, saline, endorheic rift lake located directly on the San Andreas Fault. Also visible are the Peninsular Ranges of southern California , block fault mountains in southwest Arizona, and the Mojave Desert.

Date

1980

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Space

Reference

HRM19F02_145

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

56,3Mb (2,0Mb) / 16,6in x 13,2in / 4966 x 3960 (300dpi)

Keywords

weather cloud clouds California desert space lake science Earth solar system astronomy geography color location century space exploration space travel MoJave Desert United States of America Eighties Colour Salton Sea 1980s 20th century Imperial Valley decade geographical feature TGN photograph NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration weather pattern Heritage Space photograph