Tidal Flats and Channels, Long Island, Bahamas

The islands are situated on large depositional platforms composed mainly of carbonate sediments and ringed by reefs.

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Astronaut photograph ISS026-E-5121 was acquired on November 27, 2010, with a Nikon D2Xs digital camera using an 800 mm lens, 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 26 crew. The image 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 January 3, 2011
Data acquired November 27, 2010

Source:

ISS > Digital Camera

Collection:

Astronaut Photography