Morocco's Anti-Atlas Mountains seen in colorful new NASA image
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NASAreleased a gorgeous image of the Anti-Atlas Mountains of Morocco on Thursday that uses infrared bands to depict different rocks and show complex folding. The mountains formed as a result of the African and Eurasian tectonic plates colliding about 80 million years ago, according to NASA. "The limestone, sandstone, claystone and gypsum layers that formed the ocean bed were folded and crumpled to create the Anti-Atlas Mountains," the space agency said in a statement that accompanied the image. "In thisimage of southwest Morocco,...
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