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Data acquired September 7, 2023 720 x 480 JPEG
Data acquired September 7, 2023 5568 x 3712 4 MB - JPEG
Data acquired September 30, 2023 720 x 480 JPEG
Data acquired September 30, 2023 5568 x 3712 8 MB - JPEG
Data acquired September 30, 2023 JPEG
Despite their rusty color, these arteries of water in Bolivia and Madagascar are important for biodiversity.
Astronaut photograph ISS069-E-86138 was acquired on September 7, 2023, with a Nikon D5 digital camera using a focal length of 1150 millimeters. Astronaut photograph ISS070-E-959 was acquired on September 30, 2023, with a Nikon D5 digital camera using a focal length of 400 millimeters. The images are provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations Facility and the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Johnson Space Center. The images were taken by a member of the Expedition 69 crew and the Expedition 70 crew, respectively. The images have 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 October 29, 2023 Data acquired September 30, 2023