In the center of the image, Earths moon peeks over the horizon. The Moon has to do with 251,000 miles (405,500 kilometers) far from Earth at its outermost point, or apogee. In this image, the Moon remains in the subsiding gibbous phase, which occurs between the full-moon and half-moon phases.
Listed below the wispy clouds in the middle of the view is Lake Assad, a Euphrates River tank in northern Syria. Lake Assad is Syrias biggest lake and a primary source of the areas drinking and watering water. The Tabqa Dam, which produced the lake, is the largest hydroelectric dam in the nation.
Astronaut photograph ISS069-E-18445 was gotten on June 8, 2023, with a Nikon D5 digital video camera utilizing a focal length of 25 millimeters. It is offered 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 69 crew. The image has actually been cropped and boosted to enhance contrast, and lens artifacts have actually been gotten rid of. The International Space Station Program supports the lab as part of the ISS National Lab to assist astronauts take images of Earth that will be of the best worth to scientists and the public, and to make those images freely available on the Internet. Caption by Minna Adel Rubio, GeoControl Systems, JETS Contract at NASA-JSC.
Photo of the Earth and Moon captured on June 8, 2023, by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station while orbiting over Iraq.
An oblique-angle photo drawn from above the Middle East catches the Moon glancing over Earths atmospheric limb.
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station caught this picture of the Earth and Moon while orbiting over Iraq (not envisioned). Taken at an oblique angle from an elevation of 252 miles (406 kilometers), the image has a viewpoint that highlights Earths atmospheric limb, or the edge of the atmosphere.
The blue-toned haze that fades into the darkness of space is the mesosphere, which reaches an elevation of about 50 miles (80 kilometers). Above the mesosphere is the thermosphere. This layer is part of Earths atmosphere, it is commonly considered part of outer area.
In the center of the image, Earths moon glances over the horizon. It is offered by the ISS Crew Earth Observations Facility and the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Johnson Space. 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 biggest value to scientists and the public, and to make those images freely available on the Internet.
