Earth from Space - Image Description

STS064-214-023 Shasta Lake, California, U.S.A. September 1994
Light blue Shasta Lake, part of the Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area, is featured in this near-vertical photograph. Surrounded by Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Shasta Lake is drained by the Sacramento River, which is visible near the center of the photograph and extends to the lower left. The darker blue waters of Whiskeytown Lake and parts of Redding are apparent west of Shasta Lake.

This service is provided by the International Space Station program and the JSC Earth Science & Remote Sensing Unit, ARES Division, Exploration Integration Science Directorate.