Dunes and Desert Replace the Aral Sea

A former island and a desert are among the newcomers to the dry landscape following the lake’s rapid decline.

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Astronaut photograph ISS070-E-4509 was acquired on October 17, 2023, with a Nikon D5 digital camera using a focal length of 58 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 70 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 II Contract at NASA-JSC.

Published June 2, 2024
Data acquired October 17, 2023

Source:

ISS > Digital Camera

Collection:

Astronaut Photography