The full image is available but it is large (613 Kb). Two shaded relief maps are also available: one illuminated from the east, and another more traditionally illuminated from the northwest. Both are nearly 1.3 Mb so small subsections are included below. The map illuminated from the east was made to match the satellite view. The map has no true shadows, but the actual image shows long shadows from mountain peaks, especially in the western part where the sun is lower in the sky. Snow is visible in some areas, especially in Colorado (in the full image).
AVHRR channel 3, near infrared, was used to make the image. The full image (and the full size maps) may best be explored with the help of a detailed atlas.
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| Grand Canyon | ||
| The Kaibab Plateau is the high area extending
north/south near the middle of this image. Its eastern edge
catches the light from the rising sun, as does the southeast
edge of the Paria Plateau to the northeast. Direct sunlight
has not yet penetrated the depths of the canyon.
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| Four Corners area | |||
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| The San Juan River flows diagonally nearly through
the four corners of Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico
(from left to right, top to bottom). Mesa Verde is the leaf shaped
area near the east edge of this subimage, just north of the
Colorado state line. To its left is Sleeping Ute Mountain.
The high area in Arizona nearest the four corners is the
Carrizo Mountains. Light snow brightens up some of the area.
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| Flagstaff and north | |||
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| The San Francisco Mountains catch the light of the
rising sun just south of center in this subimage. Flagstaff is
just to their south. The Grand Canyon is at the top, still full
of shadow. Just south of the canyon is the Coconino Plateau, its
eastern edge is brightly lit.
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| San Rafael Swell | |||
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| In the center of this view the rocks bulge upward
forming the San Rafael Swell in Utah. The rugged Wasatch Plateau
is to the west. The peak casting a long shadow near the southwest
corner is Thousand Lake Mountain, Capitol Reef National Park is
just to its east (extending southward).
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| White Sands area | |||
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| The white area is the gypsum sand of White Sands
National Monument. To the west are the San Andres Mountains, to
the east the Sacramento Mountains. The Tularosa Basin is between.
The narrow dark feature north of White Sands is a lava flow, east of
that is Sierra Blanca Peak. The map shows a non-existant hole north
of White Sands, this is a defect in the data. The small east-west
range near the northeast corner is the Capitan Mountains, Smokey the
Bear was found there, injured by a forest fire in 1950.
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| Tucson and north | |||
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| Tucson is located in the valley at the bottom center
of this view. To the north are the Santa Catalina Mountains, to the
east are the Rincon Mountains.
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| Albuquerque area | |||
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| The valley of the Rio Grande River crosses this subimage
from north to south. Albuquerque is located just east of the river
a bit to the upper right of center. Two groups of mountains cast
long shadows: the Sandia Mountains to the north, the
Manzano Mountains to the south.
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| Grand Staircase area | ||
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| The southeast edge of Paria Plateau is brightly
lit just south of the Arizon/Utah border. The diagonal line to the
northeast is Straight Cliffs, the Escalante River flows through
the valley beyond. Between the Paria Plateau and Straight Cliffs
is the Kaiparowits Plateau.
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