See the smallest mountain range on the planet

The world's smallest mountain range is the remains of a volcano and has a height of over 600m.

Rising up to a height of nearly 610m from the flat plain in Central Valley in central California, USA, the Sutter Buttes Mountains are in stark contrast to the surrounding land, in photos taken by astronauts on the Space Station International (ISS) taken July 29.

The middle core of Sutter Buttes has an arched shape. It formed by content
thickly sprayed onto the surface and overlapped with the old layer. (Photo: NASA)

The pale yellow mountain range is located in the center of the picture surrounded by rich green fields. Urban areas such as Yba City, California, located 18km southeast, appear bright or dark, Livescience describes.

Sutter Buttes is a volcano, operating about 1.6 to 1.4 million years ago in the Renovation (Pleistocene), US Space Agency (NASA) said. People call it the world's smallest mountain range.

Sutter Buttes mountain range view when people observe from the ground.

The middle core of Sutter Buttes has an arched shape. It formed by thick lava spraying on the surface and superimposed on the old layer. Today, lava domes make up some hills located in the center of Sutter Buttes. The shadows of these hills fall down making the central area of ​​the mountains in the picture dark.

The surrounding shelf is made up of irregular eruptions of lava domes surrounding the core. The "moat" is made up of lava deposits of older sediments, located between the shelf and the core.

NASA said, the scene in the picture seems a little distorted due to the cross angle when viewed from ISS.