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An Expanse of White in Bolivia

The evaporation of several prehistoric lakes contributed to the formation of Salar de Uyuni, the world’s largest salt flat.


Astronaut photograph ISS040-E-7443 was acquired June 4, 2014, with a Nikon D3S digital camera with an 95 mm lens, and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and the Image Science & Analysis Group, Johnson Space Center. 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.

Published December 9, 2014
Data acquired June 4, 2014

Source:
ISS > Digital Camera
Collection:
Astronaut Photography