51F-36-059 (6 Aug 1985) --- A 70mm handheld Hasselblad scene showing the Aral Sea in the Soviet Union, as photographed by the crew members aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger on August 6, 1985. Center point of the area pictured is north latitude and 60 east longitude. The spacecraft was flying at altitude of 170 miles. As in the case of other Spacelab missions, the spacecraft was flying a 58 degree inclination to the planet.

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Size: 6870px × 6870px
Photo credit: © NASA/piemags / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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