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           Infrared-enhanced satellite image of a  w:graben in the  w:Afar Depression, Ethiopia. | 
          
          
           | Date | 
           27 March 2002 | 
          
          
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            http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17023 | 
          
          
           | Author | 
           NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team | 
          
          
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