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Galapagos Islands As Seen From Orbit

By Keith Cowing
November 21, 2013
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Galapagos Islands As Seen From Orbit
Galapagos Islands
NASA

One of the Expedition 38 crew members aboard the ISS used a 180mm lens to photograph this oblique image featuring the Galapagos Islands or Islas Galapagos, distributed on either side of the Equator in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
An archipelago of volcanic islands, the group’s official name is Archipielago de Colon.

ISS038-E-000232 (11 Nov. 2013) – high res (0.7 M) low res (59 K)

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