International Space Station 800mm Photograph

Image credit:  Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov)

 

 

 

 

 

CAPTAIN COOKE LANDING SITE, WAIMEA, KAUI 21.76N, 159.78W

The link is to images of Waimea Kanyon

"This sand was eroded out of Waimea Canyon (the 'Grand Canyon of Hawaii') so rapidly that it retains a significant component of olivine. The mafic, olivine-rich tholeiitic basalt that makes up the island, should lose a lot of its olivine if exposed for any length of time in such a warm, wet environment, but this sand retains its olivine." S. Newton, Geologist

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ZERO MAGNIFICATION IMAGE

3X MAGNIFICATION (RED LINE   = 1MM)

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