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Emi Koussi Volcano, Chad

At 3,415 meters above sea level, the summit is the highest of Africa’s Sahara region.


Astronaut photograph ISS026-E-17074 was acquired on January 11, 2011, with a Nikon D2Xs digital camera using a 70 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 26 crew. The image 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 February 14, 2011
Data acquired January 11, 2011

Source:
ISS > Digital Camera
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Astronaut Photography