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This image is centered on a portion of the Andes Mountains in northern Ecuador. The volcanoes at the top of the image are (clockwise from the upper left) Majanda, Imabura, and Cusin, and the volcano at the bottom of the image is Cayambe. The city of Otavalo and Lake Otavalo are located between the three volcanoes in the upper part of the image. A lake partially fills the summit crater of Mojanda, and a group of lava domes is visible on the north flank. Mojanda last erupted about 3400 years ago, and Cayambe last erupted about 600 years ago. The image was obtained by SIR-C/X-SAR on the Space Shuttle Endeavor on April 14, 1994 and shows an area about 31 mi (50 km) on a side, with North toward the upper right.