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Horn of Africa seen from the space shuttle.

auteur: Nasa/Novapix

référence: t-afsom-00001

Image Size 300 DPI: 48 * 38 cm

The orange and tan colors of this high-oblique photograph of the Horn of Africa indicate an arid-to-semiarid landscape in the northern half of the east African country of Somalia.  The southern extent of the Saudi Arabian Peninsula is visible north across the Gulf of Aden.
May 2 1993.

Keywords for this photo:

1993 - AFRICA - ATMOSPHERE - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - HORIZON - INDIAN OCEAN - LIMB - SOMALIA - STS-55 -