Candy-colored Mountains

[Robby]

This image of the mountainous Shenandoah National Park was acquired by the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour, launched on February 11, 2000

[Full article @ NASA Image of the Day]

 

[Kevin]

At first I was trying to figure why the title of "Candy-colored Mountains" but after viewing the image I realized why. Kind of interesting that the shot of a mountain range resembles the type of shot that you'd see of crystals under a high-power telescope.

 

[Tom]

What you don't see is the munchkins mining fir the nearby factor