Iraq’s “Sea of Salt”

Water levels were low in Razazah Lake when an astronaut snapped this photograph from the International Space Station.

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Astronaut photograph ISS072-E-244 was acquired on September 23, 2024, with a Nikon Z9 digital camera using a focal length of 200 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 72 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 Justin Wilkinson, Texas State University, Amentum JETS II Contract at NASA-JSC.

Published December 29, 2024
Data acquired September 23, 2024

Source:

ISS > Digital Camera

Collection:

Astronaut Photography