Coastal Fog, South Peruvian Coast at Pisco

Coastal fog commonly drapes the Peruvian coast. This image captures complex interactions between land, sea, and atmosphere along the southern Peruvian coast. When Shuttle astronauts took the image in March 2002, the layers of coastal fog and stratus were being progressively scoured away by brisk south to southeast winds.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Coastal Fog, South Peruvian Coast at Pisco.

The STS-109 crew took image STS109-730-80 on March 9, 2002. The image is provided by the Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory at Johnson Space Center. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA-JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth.

Published April 21, 2002
Data acquired March 9, 2002

Collection:: Astronaut Photography