Taken by the crew of the Shuttle Columbia Lake Urmia Orumiyeh in the high desert plateau of northwest Iran dominates the center of this northeast-looking view The left edge of the view cuts Lake Van in eastern Turkey The Caucasus Mountains in war-torn Geo

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