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Data acquired November 29, 2015 720 x 480 JPEG
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Data acquired December 14, 2015 720 x 480 JPEG
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Astronauts are taught to concentrate on the shapes of coastlines for a visual cue about where they are when circling the planet. The nose of Cape Karmel and the bay that protects Haifa are shapes that stand out.
Astronaut photograph ISS046-E-1292 was acquired on December 14, 2015, with a Nikon D4 digital camera using a 500 millimeter lens. Astronaut photograph ISS045-E-148262 was acquired on November 29, 2015, with a Nikon D4 digital camera using a 400 millimeter lens. Both are provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations Facility and the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Johnson Space Center. The images were taken by members of the Expedition 46 and Expedition 45 crews. The images have 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 U., Jacobs Contract at NASA-JSC.
Published March 7, 2016 Data acquired December 14, 2015