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Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco
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The Anti-Atlas Mountains of Morocco formed as a result of the collision of the African and Eurasian tectonic plates about 80 million years ago. This collision destroyed the Tethys Ocean; the limestone, sandstone, claystone, and gypsum layers that formed the ocean bed were folded and crumpled to create the Atlas and Anti-Atlas Mountains. In this ASTER image, short wavelength infrared bands are combined to dramatically highlight the different rock types, and illustrate the complex folding.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineAnti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco. NASA/JPL, 2003-01-08. Public domain. ID: PIA03893.
