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Spacecraft nadir point: 55.4° S, 178.1° W

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Spacecraft Altitude: 298 nautical miles (552km)
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Image Caption: Part of the Ross Ice Shelf and the Queen Maude Mounains of Antarctica (55.5N, 178.0W) are in the background of this scene, oriented toward the south. Low stratocumulus clouds are predominant throughout most of the scene.