Sault_Ste_Marie,_Ontario_and_Michigan.JPG
Summary
Description Sault Ste Marie, Ontario and Michigan.JPG |
English:
The twin cities of Sault Ste Marie are located across the
St. Mary’s River
, which forms part of the international boundary between Canada (Province of Ontario) and the United States (State of Michigan). This astronaut photograph highlights the two cities, as well as the lakes and islands that separate
Lakes Huron
and
Superior
, two of the
Great Lakes
of North America. Smaller lakes include Lake George to the west, and the large forested islands of St. Joseph and Drummond are visible at image upper left.
The Sault Ste Marie urban areas (image lower left) have a distinctive
gray
to
white
colour, contrasting with the deep
green
of forested areas in Ontario and the lighter green of agricultural fields in Michigan. The
water
surfaces in the lakes and rivers vary from
blue
to blue-green to
silver
, likely the result of varying degrees of sediment and
sunglint
—
light
reflecting from the water surface back to the
International Space Station
.
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Date | |
Source | NASA Earth Observatory |
Author | ISS Expedition 28 crew |
Camera location | 46° 18′ 00″ N, 84° 06′ 00″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 46.300000; -84.100000 |
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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-10162
.
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Image acquired with a Nikon D2Xs digital camera using a 110 mm lens, and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, Johnson Space Center.
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Drummond Island
Ontario
St Joseph Island
Lake George
Sault Ste Marie
Michigan
Lake Huron
Lake Superior
Sugar Island
Neebish Island
Sugar Island, Michigan, USA
Neebish Island, Michigan, USA
St. Joseph Island, Ontario, Canada
Drummond Island, Michigan, USA