< ISS028-E-20072 >
| NASA Photo ID | ISS028-E-20072 |
| Focal Length | 400mm |
| Date taken | 2011.07.31 |
| Time taken | 13:51:51 GMT |
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Spacecraft nadir point: 43.4° S, 92.3° E
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Spacecraft Altitude: 211 nautical miles (391km)
Country or Geographic Name: | INDIAN OCEAN |
Features: | PAN-FIRST QUARTER CRESCENT MOON, ATMOSPHERIC LIMB, SUNSET |
| Features Found Using Machine Learning: | MOON, PAN- |
Cloud Cover Percentage: | 0 (no clouds present) |
Sun Elevation Angle: | -33° |
Sun Azimuth: | 264° |
Camera: | Nikon D3S Electronic Still Camera |
Focal Length: | 400mm |
Camera Tilt: | High Oblique |
Format: | 4256E: 4256 x 2832 pixel CMOS sensor, 36.0mm x 23.9mm, total pixels: 12.87 million, Nikon FX format |
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| 4256 pixels | 2832 pixels | No | No | NASA's Earth Observatory web site | Download Image |
| 720 pixels | 480 pixels | No | No | NASA's Earth Observatory web site | Download Image |
| 4256 pixels | 2832 pixels | No | No | Download Image | |
| 640 pixels | 426 pixels | No | No | Download Image |
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No GeoTIFF is available for this photo.Image Caption: ISS028-E-020072 (31 July 2011) --- Photographed by an Expedition 28 crew member onboard the International Space Station, this image shows the moon at center, with the limb of Earth near the bottom transitioning into the orange-colored troposphere, the lowest and most dense portion of the Earth's atmosphere. The troposphere ends abruptly at the tropopause, which appears in the image as the sharp boundary between the orange- and blue- colored atmosphere. The silvery-blue noctilucent clouds extend far above the Earth's troposphere.
