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| STS105-331-18 |
 STS105-331-18 Click the photo number to access all resolutions available and the database record. |
| Biogenic Films at the Mouth of the Suez Canal:Astronauts
aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery used the sunglint off the surface
of the Mediterranean Sea to reveal biogenic films on the ocean
surface. ("Biogenic film" refers to a thin layer of
biologically-produced film resting on the surface. Click for more
details.) The films dampen surface capillary waves, creating
brighter and darker reflections, which, in turn, trace the complex
surface water movements along the coast. The sunglint also highlights
coastal features (jetties, submerged coastal areas) near the Port
of Suez. Image STS105-331-18, taken in August 2001, was provided by the Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory at Johnson Space Center. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA-JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. |
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