NASA Photo ID: STS003-14-704      File Name: 10060690.jpg

Film Type: 70mm                   Date Taken: 03/30/82

Title: Lakes, Tibeten Plateau, Tibet

Description:

Pristine lakes in the high Tibeten plateau, (34.0N, 89.5E) one of the most 
remote regions of the world, are still partially frozen in this early
spring  photo.  The lakes are almost the only source of water to support
life in this  harsh region and have been formed as a result of the Indian
sub continent's  incursion into the Asian continent, raising the water
table and forming these  many lakes in an otherwise barren landscape.