Island_of_Crete,_Greece.JPG
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Summary
Description Island of Crete, Greece.JPG |
English:
The western and central parts of Crete appear surrounded by quicksilver in this astronaut photograph taken from the
International Space Station
. This phenomenon is known as
sunglint
, caused by
light
reflecting off of the sea surface directly toward the observer. The point of maximum reflectance is visible as a bright
white
region to the north-west of the island. Surface currents causing variations in the degree of reflectance are visible near the south-western shoreline of Crete and the smaller island of
Gavdos
(image lower left).
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Date | |
Source | NASA Earth Observatory |
Author | ISS Expedition 28 crew |
This image or video was catalogued by Johnson Space Center of the United States
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA) under
Photo ID:
ISS028-E-18562
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Image acquired with a Nikon D3S digital camera using a 48 mm lens, and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, Johnson Space Center.
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