Oblique view of cloud patterns over Pacific Ocean
Summary
AST-01-042 (16 July 1975) --- An oblique view of unique cloud patterns over the Pacific Ocean caused by aircraft contrail shadows altering cumulus clouds and forming straight line clouds, as photographed from the Apollo spacecraft in Earth orbit during the joint U.S.-USSR Apollo-Soyuz Test Project mission. This area is southwest of Los Angeles, California. This photograph was taken at an altitude of 177 kilometers (110 statute miles) with a 70mm Hasselblad camera using medium-speed Ektachrome QX-807 type film.
Tags
Date
16/07/1975
Location
Johnson Space Center, 29.56198, -95.09268
Source
NASA
Copyright info
Public Domain Dedication (CC0)