Photo: California’s Salton Sea As Seen From Orbit

One of the Expedition 28 crew members shooting Earth images onboard the space shuttle/International Space Station, a joint complex flying at an altitude of just under 220 miles, photographed this frame of the Salton Sea.

One of the Expedition 28 crew members shooting Earth images onboard the space shuttle/International Space Station, a joint complex flying at an altitude of just under 220 miles, photographed this frame of the Salton Sea. The body of water, easily identifiable from low orbit spacecraft, is a saline, endorheic rift lake located directly on the San Andreas Fault. The area is predominantly in California’s Imperial Valley. The checkerboard-like squares and others that are rectangular represent agriculture near the saline body. ISS028-E-006059 (28 May 2011) — high res (0.7 M) low res (62 K)