'Tie-die appearance': NASA shares 'colourful' imagery of Morocco’s Anti-Atlas Mountains

National Aeronautics and ministration (NASA) on February 4 shared eye-catching colourful imry of Morocco's anti-atlas mountains that illustrated combination of rocks of various textures and mesmeric designs in an aerial shot. “Anti-Atlas Mountains in Morocco formed due to collision of African and Eurasian “tectonic plates about 80 million years ago,” according to NASA.

Taking to its official Instagram handle, ncy wrote: "Let’s take a colorful trip about 440miles (708km) above Earth’s surface via an orbiting satellite, shall we?" astounding viewers with a photo depicting a splash of colours. It furr explained that in im, one can see southwest Morocco’s “gorgeous Anti-Atlas Mountains, formed as a result of African and Eurasian tectonic plates colliding about 80 million years ago.” 

According to NASA, collision h led to formation of Tethys Ocean, a former ”tropical body of saltwater” which separated supercontinent of Laurasia in rth from Gondwana in South during Mesozoic Era. In a release, NASA explains that nearly 251 to 65.5 million years ago, several colourful rocks ranging from limestone, sandstone, claystone, and gypsum layers congregated to form an ocean bed that piled up into famous Anti-Atlas.

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Illustrates 'complex folding'

“In this im of southwest Morocco, visible, near-infrared and short-wavelength infrared bands are combined to dramatically highlight different rock s, and illustrate complex folding,” NASA said. “Terra got its name from Latin word for ‘Earth’ and was first satellite to form Earth Observing System (EOS) when it launched in 1999,” it ded. photograph was originally captured in vember 2007 by NASA’s ASTER instrument on  Terra satellite launched in December 1999. Highlighting different layers of rock and sediment, im’s tie-dye appearance to oceanic mountain ranges awestruck viewers. “We apologize in vance if your ears popped on way re,” NASA said on a lighter te. 

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