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Earth Observations taken by the Expedition 18 Crew
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Earth Observations taken by the Expedition 18 Crew

NASA / JSC · 2009-02-28 · photograph (digital archive)

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ISS018-E-038182 (28 Feb. 2009) --- Mawson Peak, Heard Island is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 18 crewmember on the International Space Station. Heard Island is located in the southern Indian Ocean, approximately 1,550 kilometers to the north of Antarctica. The island is a visible part of the Kerguelen Plateau, a submerged feature on the seafloor formed by large amounts of volcanic rock erupted over a geologically short time period within an oceanic tectonic plate ?

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Credit lineEarth Observations taken by the Expedition 18 Crew. NASA/JSC, 2009-02-28. Public domain. ID: iss018e038182.
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