By NASA Earth Observatory February 3, 2024Aladaghlar Mountains in northwestern Iran photographed on September 19, 2023, by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station.Tectonic forces over millions of years have folded the areas layers of vibrant rock. The image was supplied by the ISS Crew Earth Observations Facility and the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit at Johnson Space. The International Space Station Program supports the laboratory as part of the ISS National Lab to help astronauts take images of Earth that will be of the greatest value to researchers and the public and to make those images freely offered on the Internet.