STS-113 Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Photographic Highlights

ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA
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STS113-708-17
Smoke and dust plumes spread over Turkmenskiy and Krasnovodskiy Bays on the Turkmenistan coast of the southeastern Caspian Sea.
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STS113-715-71
Sahara jet stream over northwestern Libya.
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STS113-348-12
Mid-latitude storm system: The counter-clockwise swirl shows that this is a northern hemisphere storm. The storm was northeast of the Mediterranean covering the Balkans and western Turkey. The view was taken looking northwest in the early afternoon of Dec 3, 2002.
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STS113-359-3
Lightning flashes in five storms, probably in Angola.
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