The purpose of the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission is the 3-dimensional mapping of the Earth's surface between the Arctic and Antartic Circles. White Sands is at the lower right of the image. The mountains are the San Andres mountain range. The image is approximately 30km by 90km. The colors denote altitude, white being the highest and blue the lowest.
North is up.
Engineers and scientists are delighted with this demonstration of SRTM's capabilities and the quality of the received data. A thin barrier beach divides Miquelon, with Grande Miquelon to the north and Petite Miquelon to the south. Saint Pierre is located at the lower right. The land mass of the islands is about 242 square kilometers. The location is 46.8 degrees North, 56.3 degrees West, with North at the top.