Astronauts aboard the International Space Station took this photo of eastern Canada. The image was taken near the northern limit of the station. inclined equatorial orbit, culminating at about 52 degrees north of the equator. This perspective includes views of the space station’s solar panels in the foreground, the Earth’s horizon some 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) away, and distant celestial bodies. Light, snow, and clouds brighten Earth’s winter landscape.
Two Canadian provinces, Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador, are in the photo, along with the territory of Nunavut on the other side of the Hudson Strait. Towards the edge of the Earth, the coast of Greenland is faintly visible below the clouds. In the upper atmosphere, airglow Embrace the curvature and light of the earth aurora Cross the scene.
A thin layer of cloud covers the Atlantic Ocean, but over land, clear skies reveal snowpack, lights from small hamlets, and rivers flowing toward the Canadian coast. Hidden within the frozen landscape is Lake Mistastin, which partially fills the depression of the impact crater.The crater is where astronauts are They are trained in geology and work on the technology of planetary exploration.
astronaut photo ISS070-E-51709 was acquired on January 1, 2024 with a Nikon D5 digital camera using a focal length of 24 mm. This is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observation Facility and the Johnson Space Center’s Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit.The image was taken by a member Crew of the 70th Expedition. Images have been cropped and enhanced to improve contrast and lens artifacts have been removed.of international space station program We will support the laboratory as part of this. ISS National Laboratory To enable astronauts to take the most valuable photographs of Earth to scientists and the general public, and to make those images freely available on the Internet. Additional images taken by astronauts and astronauts can be viewed at NASA/JSC. Astronaut’s gateway to Earth photography. Caption: Andrea Wenzel/Jacobs-JETS II NASA-JSC Contract.