Payún Matru Volcanic Field, Argentina

East of the Andes, the volcanic field is a product of complex geological processes.

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Astronaut photograph ISS030-E-30265 was acquired on December 31, 2011, with a Nikon D2Xs digital camera using a 70 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 30 crew. The image has been cropped and enhanced to improve contrast, and 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 Technology/ESCG at NASA-JSC.

Published January 30, 2012
Data acquired December 31, 2011

Source:

ISS > Digital Camera

Collection:

Astronaut Photography