Mingachevir Reservoir, Azerbaijan

Afternoon sun highlights distinctive parallel patterns in the hills surrounding Azerbaijan’s Mingachevir Reservoir in this astronaut image from May 8, 2010.

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Astronaut photograph ISS023-E-35670 was acquired on May 8, 2010, with a Nikon D3S digital camera, and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, Johnson Space Center. The image was taken by the Expedition 23 crew. The image in this article has been cropped and enhanced to improve contrast. 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 William L. Stefanov, NASA-JSC.

Published June 7, 2010
Data acquired May 8, 2010

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ISS > Digital Camera