Fortification Patterns on the Iraq-Iran Border - related image preview

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Fortification Patterns on the Iraq-Iran Border

Fortifications and earthworks from an old war look very similar to oil pads from drilling operations.


Astronaut photograph ISS041-E-111072 was acquired on November 7, 2014, with a Nikon D4 digital camera using an 800 millimeter lens, and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations Facility and the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Johnson Space Center. The image was taken by the Expedition 41 crew. It 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 M. Justin Wilkinson, Texas State University, Jacobs Contract at NASA-JSC.

Published February 2, 2015
Data acquired November 7, 2014

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ISS > Digital Camera