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The River that Trapped Itself

The Gunnison is forced to stay on this beaten path, unable to leave the valley.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Steven, using ASTER GDEM data from NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team, and Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Photo by NPS and Lisa Lynch. Caption by Pola Lem.

Published December 17, 2016
Data acquired September 24, 2013

Sources:
Landsat 8 > OLI
Terra > ASTER
Collection:
U.S. National Parks