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Rhone River Valley & Lower Lake Geneva, Switzerland as seen from STS-60
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STS060-90-007 (3-11 Feb 1994) --- Parts of the Swiss Cantons of Vaud and Valois and the French province of Chablais are shown. These mountains were created in the last great mountain-building episode in Europe around 50 million years ago. They have been reshaped by glaciers during the Pleistocene. The glaciers created the wide valley of the Rhone River by scouring a pre-existing stream. The fertile Swiss Plateau runs northwest from the shore of Lake Geneva and is visible in the upper right.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineRhone River Valley & Lower Lake Geneva, Switzerland as seen from STS-60. NASA/JSC, 1994-02-09. Public domain. ID: sts060-90-007.
