Ariake Sea, Kyushu, Japan

The Isahaya Bay Reclamation project separated approximately 3,000 hectares of tidal flats from the Ariake Sea in 1997. This photograph was taken from the Space Shuttle on April 27, 1998, a year after the sea wall separating Isahaya Bay from the rest of the Ariake Sea was closed.

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Photograph STS090-739-79 was provided by the, Johnson Space Center Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory. Additional photographs taken by astronauts can be viewed via the NASA — JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth.

Published April 1, 2001
Data acquired April 27, 1998

Source:

Space Shuttle > Medium Format Camera

Collection:

Astronaut Photography