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Sunrise through earth atmosphere 03/1992

auteur: Nasa/Novapix

référence: t-nua10-00006

Image Size 300 DPI: 41 * 31 cm

This sunrise was photographed from the space shuttle Atlantis in the vicinity of Pecos, Texas from an altitude of about 155 nautical miles. From this view, much of the solar energy is scattered by the residue from the Philippine's Mt. Pinatubo volcanic eruption in June 1991. The dark band of aerosols extending across the image, through which the sun is visible, consist primarily of sulfuric acid crystals that scatters the incoming sunlight. 

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1992 - ATMOSPHERE - CLOUD - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - HORIZON - LIMB - PINATUBO - STS-45 - SUN - SUNRISE -