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Mexico City, Mexico Fall/Winter 1996.
One of the world's largest metropolitan areas, Mexico City, is located near the
center of the
picture. Although the urban infrastructure of the city is barely discernible
on this small scale
image (Lake Texcoco, the large, dark rectangular feature and several major thoroughfares)
the
image does show the vegetated slopes (darker areas) of the numerous volcanoes
that almost
encircle Mexico City. A semi-circle of clouds is visible over the volcanic mountains
east and
south of the rapidly expanding urban area. Several isolated, large composite
volcanoes and
numerous smaller cinder cones are scattered throughout this arid region of the
Mexican Plateau.
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