Earth from Space - Image Description

STS61A-048-0092 Lake Powell and Colorado River, Utah, U.S.A. November 1985
This southwest-looking, low-oblique photograph features the Colorado River, the northern portion of Lake Powell, and the merging of the Dirty Devil River with Lake Powell. Visible are the dark Henry Mountains; part of the Colorado Plateau Region, with numerous canyons, plateaus, and flat-topped mesas; and colorful orange and red rocks. Most of the region displayed is part of Canyonlands National Park and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.

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