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STS090-E-5259 (27 April 1998) --- This electronic still camera's (ESC) image is a northwest looking view of Detroit, Michigan as seen from the Space Shuttle Columbia as it passed over Lake Erie. The land in the lower right quadrant is part of Ontario, Canada, south of Windsor. The rest of the land mass is part of southeast Detroit and the southern suburbs of Michigan's largest city. The picture was taken at 16:26:30 GMT, April 27, 1998.
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ISS013-E-14843 (6 May 2006) --- Calcite Quarry, Michigan is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 13 crewmember on the International Space Station. While the Great Lakes region of North America is well known for its importance to shipping between the United States, Canada, and the Atlantic Ocean, it is also the location of an impressive structure in the continent's bedrock--the Michigan Basin, NASA scientists point out. The Basin looks much like a large bull's-eye defined by the arrangement of exposed rock layers, which all tilt inwards towards the center forming a huge bowl-shaped structure. While this "bowl" is not readily apparent while on the ground, detailed mapping of the rock units on a regional scale revealed the structure to geologists. The outer layers of the Basin include thick deposits of carbonates (limestone and dolomite). These carbonate rocks are mined throughout the Great Lakes region using large open-pit mines. The largest carbonate mine in the world, Calcite Quarry, is depicted in this image. The mine has been active for over 85 years; the worked area (grey region in image center) measures approximately 7 kilometers long by 4 kilometers wide, and is crossed by several access roads (white) into various areas of the mine.
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Mitchell, Samuel Augustus
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Counties tinted in color. Insets The City of Toronto and its Environs, and Vicinity of the Falls of Niagara. Meridian Washington. Relief shown by hachures.
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Melish, John
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Engraved. Swamps shown. Relief shown with hachures.
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[Bourquin, Frederick, Mitchell, Samuel Augustus, Tanner, Henry S.]
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Lithographed. Relief shown with hachures. Shows vicinity of Great Lakes with inset of Lake Superior. Meridian Washington.
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Mitchell, Samuel Augustus
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Colored by county. Prime Meridian is Washington. Relief shown by hachures. Includes explanation. Shows railroads, capitals, and major towns.
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Mitchell, Samuel Augustus
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Counties tinted in color. Insets The City of Toronto and its Environs, and Vicinity of the Falls of Niagara. Meridian Washington. Relief shown by hachures.
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[Macomb, J.N, Warner, W.H.]
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Karpinski 731; with 4 page report. Map is without color.Showing lengths of river and principal features near the shores on both sides. Includes a Table showing the various stage of water. Relief shown by soundings.
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Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)
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Engraved map. Relief shown by hachures. County boundaries hand col. Source: Tanner.
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