Waterlogged Lake Gregory

A network of brackish lakes and associated wetlands in northwestern Australia held more water than usual in October 2024 following an especially intense wet season.

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Astronaut photograph ISS072-E-9997 was acquired on October 1, 2024, with a Nikon D4 digital camera using a focal length of 170 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 an externally mounted camera on the ISS during Expedition 72. 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. NASA Earth Observatory image (inset) by Michala Garrison, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Caption by Justin Wilkinson, Texas State University, Amentum-JETS II Contract at NASA-JSC.

Published May 25, 2025
Data acquired October 1, 2024

Sources:

Landsat 8 > OLI

Photograph

Collection:

Astronaut Photography