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Volcanoes

The STS-9 near-vertical color photograph clearly shows the rugged Andes Mountains dotted with volcanoes (2), many of them active. Lago Villarrica (1) is located in the southwest corner of the scene. Numerous lakes (3) are fed by melt waters.
(S09-43-2753)

The Southern Andes

This low oblique view looks west over the Southern Andes. In the foreground is Lago General Vintter, one of the many narrow intermontane lakes in this part of the Andes. In the background is the Archipelago de los Chinos, which forms part of the irregular southwest coast of South America.
(S09-44-1966)

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