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Earth observations taken from shuttle orbiter Columbia during STS-87 mission
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STS087-717-075 (19 November – 5 December 1997) --- Featured in this view is the Tibesti Massif in northern Chad in central Saharan Africa is a very large mountain range of old, dark, hard rocks, which is surrounded by sand seas. The mountains are capped with recent volcanoes and volcanic flows. The volcanoes of Tibesti are similar to those of Hawaii -- they are thought to be the result of a large hot spot deep in the Earth underneath northern Africa.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineEarth observations taken from shuttle orbiter Columbia during STS-87 mission. NASA/JSC, 1997-11-26. Public domain. ID: sts087-717-075.
