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Aras River, Turkey-Armenia-Iran Border Region

Taken July 8, 2011, this astronaut photograph shows the border region of Turkey, Armenia, and Iran, including the Aras River.


Astronaut photograph ISS028-E-15023 was acquired on July 8, 2011, with a Nikon D2Xs digital camera using a 65 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 28 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, Jacobs/ESCG at NASA-JSC.

Published July 25, 2011
Data acquired July 8, 2011

Source:
ISS > Digital Camera
Collection:
Astronaut Photography