Mataiva Atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago, South Pacific Ocean

This astronaut photograph shows Mataiva Atoll, the westernmost atoll of the Tuamotu Archipelago.

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Astronaut photograph ISS024-E-11914 was acquired on August 13, 2010, with a Nikon D2Xs digital camera using a 400 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 24 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 August 30, 2010
Data acquired August 13, 2010

Source:

ISS > Digital Camera

Collection:

Astronaut Photography