River Deltas, Lake Ayakum, Tibet

This astronaut photograph highlights two river deltas along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Ayakum, near the northern boundary of the Tibetan Plateau.

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Astronaut photograph ISS027-E-16922 was acquired on April 25, 2011, with a Nikon D2Xs digital camera using a 400 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 27 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 May 9, 2011
Data acquired April 25, 2011

Source:

ISS > Digital Camera

Collection:

Astronaut Photography