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Fending Off the Wind on the Steppe

Shelterbelts, or wind breaks, are used to protect and preserve farmland in southern Russian.


Astronaut photograph ISS050-E-52312 was acquired on February 16, 2017, with a Nikon D4 digital camera using an 1150 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 a member of the Expedition 50 crew. The image 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 Andi Hollier, Hx5, JETS Contract at NASA-JSC.

Published March 13, 2017
Data acquired February 16, 2017

Source:
ISS > Digital Camera
Collection:
Astronaut Photography