ISS040-E-80921
| NASA Photo ID | ISS040-E-80921 |
| Focal Length | 28mm |
| Date taken | 2014.07.26 |
| Time taken | 13:33:40 GMT |
1000 x 932 pixels 540 x 503 pixels 2832 x 4256 pixels 720 x 720 pixels 2832 x 4256 pixels 426 x 640 pixels
Photo center point: 19.5° N, 71.0° W
Photo center point by machine learning:
Country or Geographic Name: | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC |
Features: | PAN-HISPANIOLA, GLINT, SMOKE PLUME |
| Features Found Using Machine Learning: | PAN- |
Cloud Cover Percentage: | 25 (11-25)% |
Sun Elevation Angle: | 36° |
Sun Azimuth: | 80° |
Camera: | Nikon D3S Electronic Still Camera |
Focal Length: | 28mm |
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 |
Film Exposure: | |
| Additional Information | |
| Width | Height | Annotated | Cropped | Purpose | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000 pixels | 932 pixels | No | Yes | Earth From Space collection | Download Image |
| 540 pixels | 503 pixels | Yes | Yes | Earth From Space collection | Download Image |
| 2832 pixels | 4256 pixels | No | No | Download Image | |
| 720 pixels | 720 pixels | Yes | Yes | NASA's Earth Observatory web site | Download Image |
| 2832 pixels | 4256 pixels | No | No | Download Image | |
| 426 pixels | 640 pixels | No | No | Download Image |
Looking east into a rising sun, the crew onboard the International Space Station (ISS) took this panoramic photo of the island of Hispaniola, with sunglint illuminating the long western peninsula of Haiti. Several thunderheads throw shadows towards the camera at image left. The photo looks a little hazy, likely because of dust in the atmosphere. Dust blows across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa, reaching the western hemisphere every month of the year.
The plume from a very large wildfire stretches westward across the image. The Constanza Fire started in a national forest on the Dominican Republic and grew to an extent that it threatened surrounding towns and prompted an International Disaster Charter (IDC) activation. Through the charter, a request for imagery was sent to the ISS crew in the hopes that photos might be able to assist firefighters on the ground. Hurricane Bertha tracked over the island a week later and helped douse the flames.
Despite the austere tone of the image, there are touches of color in the blue waters of the Turks and Caicos Islands--which extending from under a large thundercloud (image left)--and in the edge of an ISS solar panel (top right). The solar panels also make a faint reflection on the ISS window (lower right).
