Satellite Poster Map of Zion National Park

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This enhanced-color image of Zion Canyon in southwestern Utah was taken by the ASTER satellite. Zion Canyon is located in the lower half of the image amidst the crisscross pattern of rock formations. The canyon walls, made of red and white sandstone, rise 2,000-3,000 feet from the canyon floor and are peppered with hanging vegetation. Over a period of four million years, the Virgin River cut a path through the western edge of the Colorado Plateau to form the canyon. The river and its tributaries resemble branches across the gray-green landscape in the upper section of the image. They eventually join the canyon, often as spectacular slot canyons only a few feet wide, and exit at the bottom of the image on the way to the Colorado River.

This satellite image of Zion National Park was created using Landsat Orthorectified ETM+ Pan-Sharpened data, and draped with National Elevation Dataset (NED) topographic data. The map is printed on archival quality luster finish photo paper. 

The majority of Terra Prints are created using data collected from the ASTER (Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer) satellite sensor. With its 14 spectral bands from the visible to the thermal infrared wavelength region, and its high spatial resolution of 15 meters (about 50 feet), ASTER images Earth to map and monitor the changing surface of our planet.

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