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Data acquired September 11, 2002 720 x 480 JPG
Data acquired September 11, 2002 3032 x 2002 3 MB - JPEG
Data acquired June 21, 2012 720 x 480 JPEG
Data acquired June 21, 2012 4288 x 2848 3 MB - JPEG
Data acquired November 30, 2021 720 x 480 JPEG
Data acquired November 30, 2021 5568 x 3712 4 MB - JPEG
The rise and fall of these basins depend on fluctuations in the flow of the Nile River.
Astronaut photograph ISS066-E-91633 was acquired on November 30, 2021, with a Nikon D5 digital camera using a focal length of 70 millimeters. Astronaut photograph ISS031-E-148455 was acquired on June 21, 2012, with a Nikon D2Xs digital camera using a focal length of 14 millimeters. Astronaut photograph ISS005-E-13562 was acquired on September 11, 2002, with a DCS760C digital camera using a focal length of 80 millimeters. All photos 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 66 , Expedition 31 , and Expedition 5 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, and Sara Schmidt, GeoControl Systems, JETS Contract at NASA-JSC.
Published January 18, 2022 Data acquired September 11, 2002 - November 30, 2021