SOUTH AMERICA FROM SPACE... A Photo Gallery That Literally Flies Over This amazing Region
South America from Space...a fantastic vision of epic proportions...
Astronaut Dom Gorie prepares to use the Hasselblad camera to photograph Earth through the Space Shuttle windows. ŠImage Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space Center. "The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth." (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov)
South America from Space is an Image Gallery of unique proportions and perspective destined to show you the indescribable beauty of South America from a different angle. Glaciers, canyons, rivers, cities, mountains, shorelines, lakes and forests seen through the eyes of Astronauts. All images of South America from Space shown in the following pages are courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov)
Begin with...
South America from Space: Argentina and Brazil...
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Argentina: Valdez Peninsula
Image Courtesy of the NASA Mission: ISS005 Roll: E Frame: 16094 Mission ID on the Film or image: ISS005
Argentina: Upsala Glacier
Image Courtesy of the NASA Mission: ISS010 Roll: E Frame: 18307 Mission ID on the Film or image: ISS010
Argentina: Viedma Glacier
Image Courtesy of the NASA Mission: ISS013 Roll: E Frame: 6947 Mission ID on the Film or image: ISS013
Argentina: Lake Traful and Lake Hermoso Area
Image Courtesy of the NASA Mission: ISS012 Roll: E Frame: 13148 Mission ID on the Film or image: ISS012
Argentina: Buenos Aires and Parana Delta
Image Courtesy of the NASA Mission: ISS005 Roll: E Frame: 20595 Mission ID on the Film or image: ISS005