Science and Exploration

Image: El Paso-Las Cruces As Seen From Space

By Keith Cowing
May 24, 2013
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This digital image from the Expedition 31 crew aboard the International Space Station is one of a series from a mounted, automated, and nighttime session of a still camera when viewed in sequence shows the flame-ring associated with wild fires in the Southwest slip by in the upper right while the lights of the El Paso-Las Cruces rise from bottom center. A Russian spacecraft is docked to the station ISS031-E-84006 (2 June 2012) — high res (0.9 M) low res (54 K)

This digital image from the Expedition 31 crew aboard the International Space Station is one of a series from a mounted, automated, and nighttime session of a still camera when viewed in sequence shows the flame-ring associated with wild fires in the Southwest slip by in the upper right while the lights of the El Paso-Las Cruces rise from bottom center. A Russian spacecraft is docked to the station ISS031-E-84006 (2 June 2012) — high res (0.9 M) low res (54 K)

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