Sweeping Vistas Above the Great Salt Lake

The lake in northwestern Utah displays striking red and green waters that contrast with the region’s surrounding desert, salt flats, and mountainous terrain.

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Astronaut photograph ISS073-E-248539 was acquired on June 13, 2025, with a Nikon Z 9 digital camera using a focal length of 24 millimeters. It is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations Facility and the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit at NASA Johnson Space Center. The image was taken by a member of the Expedition 73 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 Sara Schmidt, GeoControl Systems, JETS II Contract at NASA-JSC.

Published August 3, 2025
Data acquired June 13, 2025

Source:

ISS > Digital Camera

Collection:

Astronaut Photography