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ISS036-E-011034 (21 June 2013) --- The Salton Trough is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 36 crew member on the International Space Station. The Imperial and Coachella Valleys of southern California – and the corresponding Mexicali Valley and Colorado River Delta in Mexico – are part of the Salton Trough, a large geologic structure known to geologists as a graben or rift valley that extends into the Gulf of California.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineEarth Observations. NASA/JSC, 2013-06-21. Public domain. ID: iss036e011034.