SRTM used the same radar instrument thatĬomprised the Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR) that flew twice on Endeavour in 1994. The elevation data used in this image was acquired by SRTM aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour, launched on February 11, 2000. For visualization purposes, topographic heights displayed in this image are exaggerated two times. This portion of the San Andreas is an important area of study for Rupture along a 350-kilometer (220-mile) segment of the fault, and was felt as far away as Las Vegas, Nevada. With an estimated magnitude of 8.0, the quake severely shook buildings in Los Angeles, caused significant surface Recorded in the United States occurred just north of the Carrizo Plain. In 1857, one of the largest earthquakes ever
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DryĬonditions on the plain have helped preserve the surface trace of the fault, which is scrutinized by both amateur and professional geologists. To the right of the fault is the famous Carrizo Plain. The complex topography in the area is some of the most spectacular along the course of the fault. In the background is the snow-capped peak of Mt. To the left of the range is a portion of the agriculturally rich San Joaquin Valley. The fault is the distinctively linear feature to the right Shown looks southeast along the San Andreas where it cuts along the base of the mountains in the Temblor Range near Bakersfield.
Using data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM), which flew on NASA's Space Shuttle last February, and an enhanced, true- color Landsat satellite image.
This perspective view of a portion of the fault was generated The 1,200-kilometer (800-mile) San Andreas is the longest fault in California and one of the longest in North America.