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Data acquired May 23, 2012 720 x 480 JPEG
Data acquired May 23, 2012 4288 x 2848 1 MB Bytes - JPEG
Data acquired December 5, 2017 720 x 480 JPEG
Data acquired December 5, 2017 5568 x 3712 2 MB - JPEG
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Two astronauts. Two clear days. Two gorgeous views around the roof of the world.
Astronaut photograph ISS031-E-67020 was acquired on May 23, 2012, with a Nikon D2Xs digital camera using a 16 millimeter lens. Astronaut photograph ISS053-E-317703 was acquired on December 5, 2017, with a Nikon D5 digital camera using a 420 millimeter lens. Both were provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations Facility and the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Johnson Space Center. The images were taken by members of the Expedition 31 and Expedition 53 crews. The images have 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 Justin Wilkinson, Texas State University, JETS Contract at NASA-JSC.
Published March 4, 2021 Data acquired May 23, 2012 - December 5, 2017