A Plateau in the Heart of Texas

Tectonic uplift millions of years ago formed Edwards Plateau, a feature that influences how people now use the land.

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Astronaut photograph ISS068-E-33243 was acquired on December 26, 2022, with a Nikon D5 digital camera using a focal length of 58 millimeters. It is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations Facility and the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Johnson Space Center. The image was taken by a member of the Expedition 68 crew. The image has been cropped and enhanced to improve contrast, and lens artifacts have been removed. The International Space Station Program supports the laboratory as part of the ISS National Lab to help astronauts take pictures of Earth that will be of the greatest value to scientists and the public, and to make those images freely available on the Internet. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. Caption by Sara Schmidt, GeoControl Systems, JETS Contract at NASA-JSC.

Published April 2, 2023
Data acquired December 26, 2022

Source:

ISS > Digital Camera

Collection:

Astronaut Photography