View of the STS-79 shuttle Atlantis payload bay and the Orbiter Docking System (ODS), taken after the undocking with the Mir space station. The Earth can be seen below the orbiter including: This northeastward photo is the first clear coverage of the transform fault zone that links the Lake Tanganyika and Lake Malawi rift valleys in the western branch of the East African rift. Fault-bound Lake Rukwa occupies much of the transform zone.
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View of the STS-79 shuttle Atlantis payload bay and the Orbiter Docking System (ODS), taken after the undocking with the Mir space station. The Earth can be seen below the orbiter including: This northeastward photo is the first clear coverage of the transform fault zone that links the Lake Tanganyika and Lake Malawi rift valleys in the western branch of the East African rift. Fault-bound Lake Rukwa occupies much of the transform zone.