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Before the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, high-quality satellite imagery of Central America was difficult to obtain due to persistent cloud cover. The mission's ability to penetrate clouds and make 3-D measurements allowed scientists to generate the first complete high-resolution topographic map of the entire region. Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, southern Mexico and parts of Cuba and Jamaica are visible. Credit: NASA/JPL/NGA › Full image and caption |
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| Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology |
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