A New World Built of Sand

Dubai’s coast has some of the largest and most recognizable land reclamation projects on Earth.

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Astronaut photograph ISS067-E-3785 was acquired on April 6, 2022, with a Nikon D4 digital camera using an 380 millimeter lens and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations Facility and the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Johnson Space Center. The image was taken by a member of the Expedition 67 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 Adam Voiland.

Published May 28, 2022
Data acquired April 6, 2022

Source:

ISS > Digital Camera

Collection:

Astronaut Photography