Science and Exploration

Photo: Cumulonimbus Cloud Over Columbian Rain Forest As Seen From Orbit

By Keith Cowing
May 24, 2013
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As photographed from 220 miles above Earth by an Expedition 25 crew member in the orbiting International Space Station, this building cumulonimbus cloud is over the rain forest area of east central Colombia. The nadir point of the ISS at the time this image was taken was 3.1 degrees north latitude and 70.0 degrees west longitude. high res (0.8 M) low res (74 K)

As photographed from 220 miles above Earth by an Expedition 25 crew member in the orbiting International Space Station, this building cumulonimbus cloud is over the rain forest area of east central Colombia. The nadir point of the ISS at the time this image was taken was 3.1 degrees north latitude and 70.0 degrees west longitude. high res (0.8 M) low res (74 K)

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