Satellite imagery of
salt domes and
salt glaciers, visible as darkish irregular patches,
Zagros Mountains, southern Iran, near
Karmowstaj. Gravity has caused the salt to flow like glaciers into adjacent valleys. The resulting tongue-shaped bodies are more than 5 kilometers long, with repeating bow-shaped ridges separated by crevasse-like gullies and with steep sides and fronts. The darker tones are due to clays brought up with the salt, as well as the probable accumulation of airborne dust. This
Aster perspective view was created by draping a band 3-2-1 (RGB) image over an ASTER-derived Digital Elevation Model (2x vertical exaggeration).
The NASA website hosts a large number of images from the
Soviet/
Russian space agency, and other non-American space agencies. These are not necessarily in the public domain.
The
SOHO (ESA & NASA) joint project implies that all materials created by its probe are copyrighted and require permission for commercial non-educational use.
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w:salt domes and
w:salt glaciers in the
w:Zagros Mountains of southern Iran. This
w:ASTER perspective view was created by draping a band 3-2-1 (RGB) image over an ASTER-derived Digital Eleva
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