The eastern foothills of the Andes are important areas for Argentina’s agriculture, as rivers from the mountains are impounded to supply electricity and irrigation for crops. Many types of volcanic surfaces in this region shine in spite of their aridity. The peaks of the title are at low center, and have a unique gully pattern… Read more »
Ciudad de Mexico 2000
Atitlan
La Loire
Sea of Gazelles
Nullarbor
Toledo and Madrid
Escalante 2000
Nallamala
Around Asia
Caniapiscau
Cascade Region
Plains of Tidikelt
Marzuk
The constant wind of the central Sahara has clustered its moving sand in great oblate dunefields called Ergs. This one is in the southwestern corner of Libya, and is spilling downwind into a rift valley. This area was a populous node during pluvial times which were associated with the continental glacial advances. Several important archeological… Read more »
Summer of 2002
Brazos
From the Rio Grande to the Mississippi, the coast of Texas has a pleasing arch with plentiful barrier islands and lagoons, coastal marshes and swamps. Inland 100 miles, however, the flat plains and lazy river valleys climb into a rolling, dissected landscape. Local relief and choppiness are quite uniform over a wide area. High densities… Read more »
Leopold Ranges
Mount Gus
Lomsak
Heavy rural populations farm the extensive mid-levels of this landscape, but the hills and mountains are left fairly pristine. The striking heart-shaped hill in the upper middle is Phu Kradung, a favorite hiking mountain for young Thais – with restaurants and tented accommodations on the plateau (a 9 km walk). On the left is the… Read more »
Sandusky
Gardens on the Plain
As the Indus River emerges from its Himalayan journeys on the left, it is garnered into a vast and ancient irrigation system which supports millions of farmers in this area of the western Punjab. The folded mountains in the lower portion are part of the Tribal Zone which has been recently so much under siege…. Read more »
Mountains of the Moon
Land of a Hundred Cities
Most of Papua
Far to the East
The spatial isolation of Japan and Korea is clear from this rendition of elevations stretching from Taiwan to Kamchatka. The mainland is marked by the courses of the Yangtze River on the left and the Amur River on the right. Major volcanoes are obvious in North Korea, Honshu and Hokkaido, and on the many island… Read more »