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Llullaillaco Volcano

The dry climate around the world's second tallest volcano provides a good habitat for preserving archeological discoveries.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and topographic data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). Story by Kasha Patel.

Published February 16, 2019
Data acquired December 6, 2018

Sources:
Landsat 8 > OLI
Space Shuttle > SRTM