Thunderstorms on the Brazilian Horizon

Thunderstorms and other interesting clouds are captured in this astronaut photo over the Amazon Basin on October 6, 2009.

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Astronaut photograph ISS020-E-47807 was acquired on October 6, 2009, with a Nikon D2Xs digital camera using an effective 48mm lens (28-70 mm zoom lens), and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, Johnson Space Center. The astronaut photograph was taken by the Expedition 20 crew. GOES image courtesy NASA GOES Project Science and NOAA Comprehensive Large Array-Data Stewardship System. The photograph in this article has been cropped and enhanced to improve contrast. Lens artifacts have been removed. The International Space Station Program supports the laboratory 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 Susan K. Runco, NASA-JSC.

Published November 9, 2009
Data acquired October 6, 2009

Sources:

GOES

ISS > Digital Camera

Collection:

Astronaut Photography