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Below the Bend in the Appalachians

An underground mass of volcanic rock may have caused the Appalachian Mountains to bend in Pennsylvania.


NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Caption by Adam Voiland.

Published September 18, 2014
Data acquired November 17, 2012

Source:
Aqua > MODIS
Collection:
MODIS Rapid Response