Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Debriefing with Crewmembers, 24 August, 2001

STS-104 Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Debriefing with Crewmembers
August 24, 2001

SURFACE GEOLOGY

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STS104-721-38 Tibet: These lakes of the western Tibetan Plateau are aligned (E-W) along fault valleys of the Bangong suture zone, a continent-scale fault zone that records the collision of a continental block with Eurasia. That episode was an earlier version of the present-day impingement of the Indian continental block, which is creating the Himalayas and uplifting the Tibetan Plateau. Viewed in stereo, the faults and fractures that define the lake geometry are strikingly visible. The two icefields/glaciers are at elevations above 18,800 to 20,000 feet. The southernmost lake (bottom right) is Ulan Ul Hu; the westernmost large lake is Lixi Oidain Co.

STS104-721-44 Tibet: These lakes of the western Tibetan Plateau are aligned (E-W) along fault valleys of the Bangong suture zone, a continent-scale fault zone that records the collision of a continental block with Eurasia. That episode was an earlier version of the present-day impingement of the Indian continental block, which is creating the Himalayas and uplifting the Tibetan Plateau. Viewed in stereo, the faults and fractures that define the lake geometry are strikingly visible. The two icefields/glaciers are at elevations above 18,800 to 20,000 feet. The southernmost lake (bottom right) is Ulan Ul Hu; the westernmost large lake is Lixi Oidain Co.

STS104-706-E Mongolia: W Mongolia landscapes-Lakes Uvs (left) and Hyargas with spring-melt sediment plumes, dune streaks.

STS104-706-F Mongolia: W Mongolia landscapes-Lake Hyargas.

STS104-705-18 China: Mountain landscapes of remote western China, Sichuan Prov., with switchbacks.

STS104-705-17 China: Mountain landscapes of remote western China, Sichuan Prov., with switchbacks.

STS104-705-54 Molucca Islands: Ternate, the volcano with a plume of smoke, is just west of the large island Halmahera in the Molucca Sea. The Molucca Islands, like the Philippines farther north, are part of the volcanic rim of the western Pacific.

STS104-722-26 United States: Salt Lake, Utah.

STS104-722-25 United States: Salt Lake, Utah.

STS104-721-49 China: Qaidam basin, Quinghai Province. This extensive complex of salt-evaporation ponds is along the fringes of an apron of alluvium that has been shed from the northern Tibetan Plateau.

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STS104-721-38	Tibet: These lakes of the western Tibetan Plateau are aligned (E-W) along fault valleys of the Bangong suture zone, a continent-scale fault zone that records the collision of a continental block with Eurasia. That episode was an earlier version of the present-day impingement of the Indian continental block, which is creating the Himalayas and uplifting the Tibetan Plateau. Viewed in stereo, the faults and fractures that define the lake geometry are strikingly visible. The two icefields/glaciers are at elevations above 18,800 to 20,000 feet. The southernmost lake (bottom right) is Ulan Ul Hu; the westernmost large lake is Lixi Oidain Co.
STS104-721-44	Tibet: These lakes of the western Tibetan Plateau are aligned (E-W) along fault valleys of the Bangong suture zone, a continent-scale fault zone that records the collision of a continental block with Eurasia. That episode was an earlier version of the present-day impingement of the Indian continental block, which is creating the Himalayas and uplifting the Tibetan Plateau. Viewed in stereo, the faults and fractures that define the lake geometry are strikingly visible. The two icefields/glaciers are at elevations above 18,800 to 20,000 feet. The southernmost lake (bottom right) is Ulan Ul Hu; the westernmost large lake is Lixi Oidain Co.
STS104-706-E	Mongolia: W Mongolia landscapes-Lakes Uvs (left) and Hyargas with spring-melt sediment plumes, dune streaks.
STS104-706-F	Mongolia: W Mongolia landscapes-Lake Hyargas.
STS104-705-18	China: Mountain landscapes of remote western China, Sichuan Prov., with switchbacks.
STS104-705-17	China: Mountain landscapes of remote western China, Sichuan Prov., with switchbacks.
STS104-705-54	Molucca Islands: Ternate, the volcano with a plume of smoke, is just west of the large island Halmahera in the Molucca Sea. The Molucca Islands, like the Philippines farther north, are part of the volcanic rim of the western Pacific.
STS104-722-26	United States: Salt Lake, Utah.
STS104-722-25	United States: Salt Lake, Utah.
STS104-721-49	China: Qaidam basin, Quinghai Province. This extensive complex of salt-evaporation ponds is along the fringes of an apron of alluvium that has been shed from the northern Tibetan Plateau.