Horseshoe 2 Fire, Arizona

Taken May 15, 2011, this astronaut photograph shows the Horseshoe 2 fire in southeastern Arizona.

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Astronaut photograph ISS027-E-31908 was acquired on May 15, 2011 with a Nikon D3S digital camera using a 200 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 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 May 21, 2011
Data acquired May 15, 2011

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ISS > Digital Camera