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Arkenu Craters, Libya

The Arkenu Craters in northern Africa are one of only a few pairs of double impact structures identified on Earth.


Astronaut photograph ISS017-E-20538 was acquired on October 21, 2008, with a Nikon D2Xs digital camera fitted with a 400 mm lens, and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, Johnson Space Center. The image was taken by the Expedition 17 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 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 Kimberly J. Willis, NASA-JSC.

Published November 10, 2008
Data acquired October 21, 2008

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ISS > Digital Camera