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The River of No Return

The Salmon River in Idaho, one of the longest free-flowing rivers in the United States, rushes through a geologic wonderland of wooded ridges, eroded bluffs, and stone towers and crags.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story The River of No Return.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat and topographic data from the U.S. Geological Survey Story by Adam Voiland.

Published July 22, 2020
Data acquired July 24, 2019

Sources:: DEM; Landsat 8 > OLI