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Data acquired December 1, 2021 720 x 480 JPEG
Data acquired December 1, 2021 5568 x 3712 5 MB - JPEG
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A mixture of smog, smoke, and dust hung over the ancient lake basin surrounded by the Himalayas.
Astronaut photograph ISS066-E-84674 was acquired on December 1, 2021, with a Nikon D5 digital camera using a focal length of 70 millimeters. It 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 66 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 Cadan Cummings, Jacobs, JETS Contract at NASA-JSC.
Published December 31, 2022 Data acquired December 1, 2021