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Payún Volcanic Field

Part of the back-arc volcanism of the Andes, this complex landscape formed over 300,000 years.


Image courtesy Michael P. Taylor, Landsat Data Continuity Mission Project Office, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Caption by Michon Scott with information from Michael Abrams, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Published December 30, 2012
Data acquired March 20, 2001

Source:
Landsat 7