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Summit of Popocatepetl Volcano, Mexico

This detailed astronaut photograph shows the summit crater of Mexico’s Popocatepetl Volcano on February 7, 2009.


Astronaut photograph ISS018-E-28898 was acquired on February 7, 2009, with a Nikon D2Xs digital camera fitted with an 800 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 18 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 William L. Stefanov, NASA-JSC.

Published March 23, 2009
Data acquired February 7, 2009

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ISS > Digital Camera