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Data acquired October 22, 2017 720 x 480 JPEG
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Data acquired October 22, 2017 JPEG
Lava and strong winds give texture and shape to the dry interior of Chad.
Astronaut photograph ISS053-E-131330 was acquired on October 22, 2017, with a Nikon D4 digital camera using a 240 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 53 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 Justin Wilkinson, Texas State University, JETS Contract at NASA-JSC.
Published February 5, 2018 Data acquired October 22, 2017