Kata Tjuta (The Olgas), Northern Territory, Australia

Afternoon sunlight highlights the rounded summits and eroded fractures of the Kata Tjuta rock formation in this astronaut photo from April 30, 2010.

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Astronaut photograph ISS023-E-29806 was acquired on April 30, 2010, with a Nikon D3 digital camera fitted with an 800 mm lens, and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, Johnson Space Center. The image was taken by the Expedition 23 crew. The image in this article has been cropped and enhanced to improve contrast. 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 William L. Stefanov, NASA-JSC.

Published May 24, 2010
Data acquired April 30, 2010

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ISS > Digital Camera