Astronaut picture of the Persian Gulf, recorded on September 26, 2023, by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station while in orbit over Saudi Arabia.This wide-angle image uses the sensation of looking out over the Persian Gulf from an altitude of about 250 miles.An astronaut aboard the International Space Station captured this highly oblique picture of the Persian Gulf while in orbit over Saudi Arabia. The Gulf drains into the Indian Ocean through the Strait of Hormuz and kinds part of the border for 8 countries: Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman.Geology and Geography of the Persian GulfThe Persian Gulf occupies a big depression formed by a tectonic subduction zone between the Eurasian and arabian plates. The accident of these two tectonic plates also produced the Zagros Mountains in southern Iran, noticeable to the north-northwest of the Persian Gulf.The image reveals several cities focused along the coastline that serve as ports for items moving in and out of the area. A substantial amount of shipping within the Persian Gulf carries oil and petroleum products, with approximately 21 million barrels executed the Strait of Hormuz each day.Economic Importance and Earthly PerspectiveThe picture supplies an unique wide-angle point of view of Earth as seen by astronauts aboard the area station. The 28 millimeter focal length of the video camera lens provides a viewpoint comparable to that of the human eye, which has an average focal length of in between 22 to 24 millimeters based upon the physical refraction of light. In this view, the video cameras focal length and the astronauts framing of the image provide the sensation of peering out over the world from an altitude of about 250 miles (400 kilometers). Astronaut photograph ISS069-E-92132 was acquired on September 26, 2023, with a Nikon D5 digital camera utilizing a focal length of 28 millimeters. The image was supplied by the ISS Crew Earth Observations Facility and the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit at Johnson Space Center. The image was taken by a member of the Expedition 69 team. It has actually been cropped and boosted to improve contrast, and lens artifacts have actually been removed. The International Space Station Program supports the laboratory as part of the ISS National Lab to help astronauts take photos of Earth that will be of the biggest worth to scientists and the public and to make those images freely offered on the Internet. Caption by Cadan Cummings, Jacobs, JETS II Contract at NASA-JSC.
