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Isthmus of Tehuantepec, looking east
The Gulf of Mexico's southern extension (Bay of Campeche) appears top right with the Yucatan Peninsula on the horizon. The Gulf of Tehuantepec appears top right. Sea and smoke haze characterize the lower lying regions along the coasts, with the high plateau significantly clearer. Oblique views such as this exaggerate certain geological fault lines very effectively (between arrows-compare with the more vertical view (next page) of the region south of the Popocatepetl-Malinche-Orizaba line. (STS51C-36-018) 

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