Baja California’s Arid Delta

A salt-encrusted landscape surrounds the Colorado River where it once emptied into the Gulf of California.

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Astronaut photograph ISS071-E-138692 was acquired on May 29, 2024, with a Nikon Z9 digital camera using a focal length of 140 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 71 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 Wilfredo García López, Amentum JETS II Contract at NASA-JSC.

Published March 16, 2025
Data acquired May 29, 2024

Source:

ISS > Digital Camera

Collection:

Astronaut Photography