To continue the lecture about geological phenomena, I had chosen this image with faults in Xinjiang (Northern part of China). From this great picture we have a sense of application of remote sensing to the geological study. On this image the rocks have various colors due to formation in different times. This place have a really long geological history, and this article describes the process of forming the faults. Sebastian Turner, a geologist, used the satellite images to conduct his research on the faults (http://www.sciencedirect.com/
Link:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=82853&eocn=image&eoci=related_image
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