
NASA Terra spacecraft captured this image of the Ouachita Mountains in southeast Oklahoma. The Ouachitas are fold mountains, formed about 300 million years ago when the South American Plate drifted northward, colliding with the North American Plate.
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NASA ID
PIA13466
Date Created
October 11, 2010
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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