Awesome trip above the Earth
by Diana Bejan
The photo was taken from the International Space Station (ISS), approx. 400 km above the Earth, in the educational project, administered by NASA: Sally Ride EarthKAM , Mission 58, April 2017. The image was requested by a team of students from my college, coordinated by me. Even though we weren't there, on ISS, to trigger the camera, all the locations in which the photographs were taken are chosen by us, on the track of the ISS. The lenses used on the digital camera mounted on the ISS are 50 mm focal length. The area photographed in the photography is a region of 185.87 km wide and approx. 123.5 km long, from Utah, USA. The view is spectacular, a perfect equilibrium between mountains, canyons, lakes and bays. Satellite photography offered to my students a new world perspective, encouraging them to ask questions and to search for the answers. It is a new way to travel and to discover the world around us in a new and exciting way.
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- Geomorphology (1355)
- Hydrological Sciences (653)
- Interdisciplinary/Other (818)
- Planetary and Solar System Sciences (132)
- Solar-Terrestrial Sciences (87)
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- North America (751)
- Northern America (588)
- United States of America (391)
- Exact location (-111.0600 W, 37.0400 N)
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2017
Submitted on 13 February 2018
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Diana Bejan (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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