New York’s Finger Lakes, USA

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New York’s Finger Lakes region is seen in this December 2004 image from the International Space Station. Shapes of the snow-covered hills are accented by the low sun angles, and contrast with the darker, finger-shaped lakes filling the region’s valleys. Scientists believe the steep, roughly parallel valleys and hills of the Finger Lakes region were shaped by advancing and retreating ice sheets that were as much as 2 miles deep during the last ice age. River valleys were scoured into deep troughs; many are now filled with lakes. The two largest lakes, Seneca and Cayuga, are so deep that the bases of their lakebeds are below sea level.

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Size: 3032px × 2008px
Location: New York’s Finger Lakes, USA
Photo credit: © NASA Archive / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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