Sujet

1990 - Lake Eyre, Simpson Desert, South Australia, Australia as seen from space

Légende

The STS-35 crewmembers aboard the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia photographed this view of the Arid Simpson Desert of Australia with a handheld Rolleiflex camera. Lake Eyre is normally dry; however, the STS-35 crew was able to recognize water in the lowest parts of the lake (dark pink area) and possibly in Lake Blanche east of Lake Eyre. Lake Frome lies in the distance separated from Lake Torrens (top right) by dark hills of Flinders Range. The Finke River (bottom left to middle) flows into the Eyre basin from the northwest. Although it is the largest river entering the basin, Finke's floods seldom reach Lake Eyre. The dark brown patch in the foreground is an area of ancient, brown lateritic soils partly covered by dunes.

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Photo12/Universal Images Group

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UMG22A40_243

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Droits gérés

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47,7Mo (2,7Mo) / 34,5cm x 34,7cm / 4071 x 4095 (300dpi)

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STS-35 mission Aerial view space view view from space view from outer space photos from Space Shuttle space shuttle view of view from Space Shuttle STS Lake Eyre from space Simpson Desert from Space South Australia from space Australia from space STS-35 mission