Kathmandu, Nepal

The capital and largest city of Nepal, Kathmandu, occupies much of the valley located near the center of the country.

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Astronaut photograph ISS025-E-13115 was acquired on November 9, 2010, 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 25 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 November 29, 2010
Data acquired November 9, 2010

Source:

ISS > Digital Camera

Collection:

Astronaut Photography