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PIA10630: Phosphate Mines, Jordan
Jordan's leading industry and export commodities are phosphate and potash, ranked in the top three in the world. These are used to make fertilizer. This image was acquired by NASA's Terra satellite on September 17, 2005.
 Target Name:  Earth
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Terra 
 Spacecraft:  Terra
 Instrument:  ASTER 
 Product Size:  1832 x 3276 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA10630.tif (18.03 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA10630.jpg (949.6 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

Jordan's leading industry and export commodities are phosphate and potash, ranked in the top three in the world. These are used to make fertilizer. The Jordan Phosphate Mines Company is the sole producer, having started operations in 1935. In addition to mining activities, the company produces phosphoric acid (for fertilizers, detergents, pharmaceuticals), diammonium phosphate (for fertilizer), sulphuric acid (many uses), and aluminum fluoride (a catalyst to make aluminum and magnesium).

The image covers an area of 27.5 x 49.4 km, was acquired on September 17, 2005, and is located near 30.8 degrees north latitude, 36.1 degrees east longitude.

The U.S. science team is located at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. The Terra mission is part of NASA's Science Mission Directorate.

Image Credit:
NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team

Image Addition Date:
2008-04-21