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Description: Image displaying the topographical differences between two roughly parallel ridges along Virginia's western border: one is the backbone of Shenandoah National Park, and the other is part of George Washington National Forest, both rise above the Shenandoah Valley's rolling lowlands.
Title: Contrasting Ridges in Virginia - Labeled
Credit: https://www.earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=89843&eocn=related_to&eoci=related_image https://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/89000/89843/shenandoah_oli_2013294_lrg.jpg
Author: NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and ASTER GDM2 terrain data from NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team. Caption by Adam Voiland. Instrument(s): Terra - ASTER Landsat 8 - OLI
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License: Public domain
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