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English: This astronaut photograph highlights two river deltas formed along Lake Ayakum's south-western shoreline. Gray to tan surfaces indicate prior positions of the river channels; the uniform coloration and smooth texture suggest that they are relatively old and now inactive. By contrast, the younger and currently active delta surfaces have reddish-brown sediment and visible river channels. Lateral channel migration is particularly evident in the approximately 8-kilometer wide active delta at image upper left. The reddish color of the fresh sediment may indicate a change from the sources that formed the older parts of the deltas. It might indicate weathering and soil formation on the older deposits. It could even be a sign of episodic inputs of dust or other material to the river catchments.
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Source NASA Earth Observatory
Author ISS Expedition 27 crew
Camera location37° 30′ 00″ N, 89° 12′ 00″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
This image or video was catalogued by Johnson Space Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: ISS027-E-16922.

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Image acquired with a Nikon D2Xs digital camera using a 400 mm lens, and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, Johnson Space Center.

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