Earth Observations Composite
ISS047e014747 (03/22/2016) --- Crewmembers of the International Space Stations Expedition 47 captured this image of southern South America. Patagonia is a sparsely populated region located at the southern end of South America, shared by Argentina and Chile. The region comprises the southern section of the Andes mountains as well as the deserts, steppes and grasslands east of this southern portion of the Andes. The Colorado and Barrancas rivers, which run from the Andes to the Atlantic, are commonly considered the northern limit of Argentine Patagonia
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NASA ID
iss047e014747
Date Created
March 22, 2016
Center
JSC
Media Type
image
Photographer
Jeff Williams
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