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Earth observations taken during the STS-103 mission
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STS103-728-022 (19-27 December 1999)--- One of the astronauts aboard the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Discovery used a handheld 70mm camera to photograph the Tifernine dunes (note, the dunes are below the "beak" of sandstone rock). According to NASA scientists studying the STS-103 photo collection, the dunes were created when the dark sandstone rocks trapped sand. Winds, they continued, then piled the sand into dunes up to 457.2 m (1,500 ft).
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineEarth observations taken during the STS-103 mission. NASA/JSC, 1999-12-26. Public domain. ID: STS103-728-022.
