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Gebel Edmonstone, Egypt
Title Gebel Edmonstone, Egypt
Description Gebel (or Mount) Edmonstone is a flat-topped mesa located near the Dahkla Oasis south of Cairo, Egypt. The Oasis is a historically important meeting place of several trade routes connecting different regions of Egypt and Sudan. Gebel Edmonstone is a remnant of an eroding scarp that extends for over 200 kilometers (125 miles) east-southeast to west-northwest (visible in the upper left corner of the image). The flat caprock of both the scarp and Mount Edmonstone is chalky limestone underlain by fossil-bearing shale and fine-grained sedimentary rocks. Digital astronaut photographs can be processed in similar fashion to other multispectral remotely sensed data to maximize information content. This astronaut photograph has been "stretched" to enhance color variations in the various rock and soil units. The color variations reflect differences in composition (or weathering) of the various rock units. The limestone unit capping Gebel Edmonstone and the adjacent scarp ranges from white to gray in color, while the underlaying fine-grained sedimentary layers are blue-gray. Hillslope pathways for sediment movement downslope are clearly visible as brown to tan streamers originating from Gebel Edmonstone. Barchan dune fields are also visible in this color-enhanced image, and are distinct due to their mineralogical composition. Evaporite deposits are bright white, while vegetated portions of the Oasis—mostly agricultural fields—are dark blue-black. This additional information obtained from image enhancement can be used for geologic mapping and investigation of surficial processes operating in the region. Astronaut photograph ISS009-E-12441 [ http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=ISS009&roll=E&frame=12441 ] was acquired June 18, 2004 with a Kodak 760C digital camera with a 400 mm lens and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and the Image Science & Analysis Group, Johnson Space Center. The International Space Station Program [ http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/home/index.html ] supports the laboratory to help astronauts take pictures of Earth that will be of the greatest value to scientists and the public, and to make those images freely available on the Internet. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. [ http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/ ]
Khartoum, Sudan
Title Khartoum, Sudan
Description Sudan's capital city, Khartoum, translates as "Elephant's Trunk." The name describes the shape of the Nile where the Blue and the White Nile Rivers unite to form the single Nile River that flows northward into Egypt. This image shows the rivers near the end of the dry season. The White Nile (western branch) runs through Sudan from Uganda. The White Nile originates in equatorial regions, where rainfall occurs throughout the year, as a result, it runs at a nearly constant rate throughout the year. The Blue Nile, nearly dry this time of year, flows out of the Ethiopian highlands, where rainfall is more seasonal. The Blue Nile swells in the late summer and early fall with rains from the summer monsoons. The flow at these times can be so great that the volume is too much for the river's channel, causing the Nile to flow backward at the junction. In recent years, floods in Khartoum have occurred in August with heavy monsoon rainfall. (See more images from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=5148 ] and Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=5113 ] instruments) Khartoum is one of the largest Muslim cities in North Africa, but it has a fairly short history. Founded as a military outpost in 1821, a Sudanese flag has only flown over the city since 1956. Today, Khartoum is home to more than a million people, including many refugees, both from neighboring countries as well as from an ongoing civil war in southern Sudan. The city has a low profile, dominated by sprawling areas of small buildings that are supported by little infrastructure. Astronaut photograph ISS010-E-23451 [ http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=ISS010&roll=E&frame=23451 ] was acquired April 7, 2005, with a Kodak 760C digital camera with a 400 mm lens, and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and the Image Science & Analysis Group, Johnson Space Center. The International Space Station Program [ http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/home/index.html ] supports the laboratory to help astronauts take pictures of Earth that will be of the greatest value to scientists and the public, and to make those images freely available on the Internet. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. [ http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/ ]
Lake Nasser, Egypt
Title Lake Nasser, Egypt
Description One of the world's largest artificial lakes, Lake Nasser is named after the Egyptian President Gamal Abdul Nasser, who is largely responsible for the lake's creation. President Nasser decided to build the Aswan High Dam across the Nile, forming a lake approximately 550 kilometers (340 miles) long. In this astronaut photograph taken from the International Space Station, the water of Lake Nasser stands out from its surroundings due to sunglint. The Sun's light reflects off the water's surface and into the camera lens, giving Lake Nasser an iridescent sheen. Sunglint is a common phenomenon in satellite images as well as astronaut photographs. The Aswan High Dam, which created this massive lake, is the newer of two dams in the vicinity. The older of these dams is known as the Aswan Low Dam, or simply the Aswan Dam. Completed in 1902, the older dam had nearly overflowed by the middle of the 20th century, despite having been raised twice. Instead of raising it a third time, officials chose to build the Aswan High Dam upriver in the 1960s. The dam proved to be a mixed blessing, providing some residents with irrigation and drinking water, but forcing thousands of others to relocate to higher ground. The Aswan High Dam ultimately proved much more effective than its predecessor, so effective that the dam's construction spawned another massive effort. The ancient Egyptian temple of Abu Simbel lay in the path of the rising waters produced by the new dam. In the 1960s, the historical site was literally taken apart piece by piece and reassembled in a new place to avoid submersion. The Aswan High Dam has not, however, proven immune to overflowing. High levels of rainfall led to new lakes [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=4437 ] in the region in the late 1990s. The name of Lake Nasser technically refers only to the portion of this lake in Egypt. The Sudanese prefer to call their portion of the lake Lake Nubia. Astronaut photograph ISS010-E-14618 [ http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=ISS010&roll=E&frame=14618 ] was acquired January 23, 2005, with a Kodak 760C digital camera with a 400 mm lens, and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and the Image Science & Analysis Group, Johnson Space Center. The International Space Station Program [ http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/home/index.html ] supports the laboratory to help astronauts take pictures of Earth that will be of the greatest value to scientists and the public, and to make those images freely available on the Internet. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. [ http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/ ]
Eastern Egypt, Red Sea and S …
Title Eastern Egypt, Red Sea and Saudi Arabia
Description Eastern Egypt, the Red Sea and Saudi Arabia can all be seen in this single view of the Near East (26.5N, 36.5E). Not since The Gemini XI photo taken in 1966, have NASA astronauts been able to capture such a scope of the Earth's surface as this mission provided from its 330 nautical mile orbit. Easily seen from this vantage point is eastern Egypt, the Nile River, Lake Nassar, the Red Sea and almost half of Saudi Arabia.
Date 04.29.1990
Egypt and Red Sea
Title Egypt and Red Sea
Description A panaramic view of eastern Egypt, The Red Sea and Saudi Arabia beyond (24.0N, 33.0E). In this desert country, where water is life, the high Aswan Dam and the impounded waters of the Nile River in the foreground assure water availability into the next century. The Red Sea beyond, part of the Suez Canal seaway, serves as a commercial link to the world and separates Egypt from Saudi Arabia.
Date 03.30.1982
View of portion of Libya and …
Title View of portion of Libya and Arab Republic of Egypt
Description An oblique view of a portion of Libya and the Arab Republic of Egypt, as photographed from the Apollo spacecraft in Earth orbit during the joint U.S.-USSR Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) mission. The goelogical features are the Jebel Uweinat and Jebel Arkenu basaltic mountains in the Libyan sand sea. The spacecraft was at an altitude of 219 kilometers (136 statute miles).
Date 07.20.1975
Alexandria (Al Iskandariya), …
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Port of Suez, Egypt: Image o …
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Lake Nasser on Nile River in …
Title Lake Nasser on Nile River in Egypt as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft
Description Lake Nasser on the Nile River in southeastern United Arab Republic (Egypt) as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during its 10th revolution of the earth. Photographed from an altitude of 130 nautical miles, at ground elapsed time of 14 hours and 56 minutes. Lake Nasser was created by the contruction of the Aswan Dam on the Nile.
Date Taken 1968-10-12
Suez Canal, Gulf of Suez, Si …
Title Suez Canal, Gulf of Suez, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, as seen from the Apollo 7
Description Suez Canal, Gulf of Suez, Sinai Peninsula, United Arab Republic (Egypt), Mediterranean Sea, as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during its 13th revolution of the earth. Photographed from an altitude of 126 nautical miles, at ground elapsed time of 19 hours and 42 minutes.
Date Taken 1968-10-12
Apollo 10 view of the Earth
Title Apollo 10 view of the Earth
Description An Apollo 10 view of Earth from 100,000 nautical miles photographed from the spacecraft during its translunar journey toward the Moon. Visible are many areas of Europe and Africa. Among the features and countries identifiable are Portugal, Spain, Italy, Mediterranean Sea, Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, Black Sea, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Sinai Peninsula, Nile Delta, Lake Chad, and South Africa.
Date Taken 1969-05-18
View of Saudia Arabia and no …
Title View of Saudia Arabia and north eastern Africa from the Apollo 17 spacecraft
Description View of Saudia Arabia and the north eastern portion of the African continent was photographed by the Apollo 17 astronauts with a hand-held camera on their translunar coast toward lunar landing. Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia are some of the African nations visible. Iran, Iraq and Jordan are not so clearly visible because of cloud cover and their particular location in this picture. India is dimly visible at right of frame. The Red Sea is seen entirely in this one frame. The Gulf of Suez, the Dead Sea, Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman are also visible.
Date Taken 1972-12-09
View of portion of Libya and …
Title View of portion of Libya and Arab Republic of Egypt
Description An oblique view of a portion of Libya and the Arab Republic of Egypt, as photographed from the Apollo spacecraft in Earth orbit during the joint U.S.-USSR Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) mission. The goelogical features are the Jebel Uweinat and Jebel Arkenu basaltic mountains in the Libyan sand sea. The spacecraft was at an altitude of 219 kilometers (136 statute miles).
Date Taken 1975-07-20
Vertical view of Arab Republ …
Title Vertical view of Arab Republic of Egypt from ASTP mission
Description A vertical view of a portion of the Arab Republic of Egypt, as photographed from the Apollo spacecraft in Earth orbit during the joint U.S.-USSR Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) mission. The Nile Delta is in the most northerly corner of the picture. The city of Cairo on the Nile River is in the center of the photograph. The Gulf of Suez is in the most easterly corner of the picture. El Faiyum is south-southwest of Cairo. This picture was taken at an altitude of 223 kilometer (138 statute miles).
Date Taken 1975-07-19
Labeled photograph of the Mi …
Title Labeled photograph of the Middle East from Gemini 4
Description Labeled photograph of the Middle East was taken by the crew of the Gemini 4 flight. Areas in Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Israel, and Saudi Arabia are labeled.
Date Taken 1965-06-21
View of Alexandria, Egypt fr …
Title View of Alexandria, Egypt from Gemini 5
Description View of Alexandria, Egypt taken from the Gemini 5 spacecraft in orbit over the Earth.
Date Taken 1965-08-21
Eastern Mediterranean as see …
Title Eastern Mediterranean as seen from Gemini 7 spacecraft
Description The eastern Mediterranean area is photographed by Astronaut Frank Borman and James A. Lovell during the Gemini 7 mission. The Nile Delta in Egypt is at bottom. The Suez Canal, Gulf of Suez, and Red Sea are in center of photograph. Sinai Peninsula is in upper right corner of photograph. Body of water at top edge of photograph is Gulf of Aqaba. The Dead Sea can be seen in top center of picture. Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Syria are also at top center. The Island of Cyprus is at extreme left.
Date Taken 1965-12-08
Egypt and Red Sea
Title Egypt and Red Sea
Description A panaramic view of eastern Egypt, The Red Sea and Saudi Arabia beyond (24.0N, 33.0E). In this desert country, where water is life, the high Aswan Dam and the impounded waters of the Nile River in the foreground assure water availability into the next century. The Red Sea beyond, part of the Suez Canal seaway, serves as a commercial link to the world and separates Egypt from Saudi Arabia.
Date Taken 1982-03-30
Nile Delta, Egypt
Title Nile Delta, Egypt
Description The Nile Delta of Egypt (30.0N, 31.0E) irrigated by the Nile River and its many distributaries, is some of the richest farm land in the world and home to some 45 million people, over half of Egypt's population of 57 million. The capital city of Cairo is at the apex of the delta in the middle of the scene. Across the river from Cairo can be seen the three big pyramids and sphinx at Giza and the Suez Canal is just to the right of the delta.
Date Taken 1982-07-04
Areas of Sudan and Egypt as …
Title Areas of Sudan and Egypt as seen from Gemini 11 spacecraft
Description Libyan Desert area of Sudan, foreground, and the United Arab Republic (Egypt), at lower left, as seen from the Gemini 11 spacecraft at an altitude of 300 nautical miles during its 27th revolution of the earth. In view is the Nile River from Biba in Egypt to Khartoum in the Sudan. The Red Sea is in background. At upper left is the Arabian Peninsula. At top right is Ethiopia. Note L-band antenna of the Agena Target Vehicle.
Date Taken 1966-09-14
Southern Sinai Peninsula and …
Title Southern Sinai Peninsula and The Red Sea
Description An excellent detailed view of the Southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula (28.0N, 34.0E) at Ras (Cape) Muhammad where the Red Sea splits into the Gulf of Aqaba to the right and the Gulf of Suez to the left. To the right is NW Saudi Arabia, and in the center, near the top of the scene, Gabel Musa, the traditional Mt. Sinai can be seen while at the left, is the east coast of Egypt. Numerous reefs in this region provide excellent diving opportunities.
Date Taken 1982-07-04
Near East area as seen from …
Title Near East area as seen from Gemini 11 spacecraft
Description Near East area as seen from Gemini 11 spacecraft during its 26th revolution of the earth. The United Arab Republic (Egypt) is in foreground. Triangular-shaped area is the Sinai Penisula. Saudia Arabia is at upper right. The Mediterranean Sea is at upper left. The Gulf of Suez separates Egypt from the Sinai Peninsula. The Red Sea is at bottom right. The Gulf of Aqaba is body of water in right center of photography separating the Sinai Peninsula and the Arabian Peninsula. The Dead Sea, Sea of Galilee, Jordan and Israel are in top center of picture. Iraq is at top right edge of photograph.
Date Taken 1966-09-14
Gulf of Aqaba, Sinai Peninsu …
Title Gulf of Aqaba, Sinai Peninsula
Description The Gulf of Aqaba separates the Sinai peninsula from Saudi Arabia in this scene of the Middle East (29.0N, 34.5E) showing the geomorphology and geology of this region including portions of Egypt, Israel, Jordon and Saudi Arabia. A small portion of the Gulf of Suez can be seen on the opposite side of the Sinai peninsula.
Date Taken 1982-07-04
Egypt, Sinai Peninsula, and …
Title Egypt, Sinai Peninsula, and Arabian Peninsula as seen from the Gemini 12
Description United Arab Republic (Egypt) area as seen from the Gemini 12 spacecraft during its 39th revolution of the earth, looking sourtheast. Nile river is in center of picture. At bottom center is Sinai Peninsula. Arabian Peninsula is at lower left. Large body of water is Red Sea. Gulf of Aqaba is on east side of Sinai Peninsula. Gulf of Suez separates Sinai from Egyptian mainland.
Date Taken 1966-11-14
Egypt, Nile Valley, Gulf of …
Title Egypt, Nile Valley, Gulf of Suez, Sinai as seen from Gemini 12 spacecraft
Description United Arab Republic (Egypt), the Nile Valley from Luxor to Cairo, El Payium, Gulf of Suez, Sinai as seen from Gemini 12 spacecraft on its 25th revolution of the earth.
Date Taken 1966-11-13
Aswan Dam, Lake Nassar, Nile …
Title Aswan Dam, Lake Nassar, Nile River, Egypt
Description The Aswan Dam on the Nile River created the 500 kilometer long reservoir, seen here in sunglint. Lake Nassar (23.5N, 33.0E) was designed to control the devestating floods and alleviate the famine-producing droughts which have plagued the region for millenia. In Nov 81, as the lake was nearing capacity, drought conditions lowered the water level by about 30 meters which can clearly be seen as silt depositions on the receding eastern shoreline.
Date Taken 1988-10-03
Eastern Egypt, Red Sea and S …
Title Eastern Egypt, Red Sea and Saudi Arabia
Description Eastern Egypt, the Red Sea and Saudi Arabia can all be seen in this single view of the Near East (26.5N, 36.5E). Not since The Gemini XI photo taken in 1966, have NASA astronauts been able to capture such a scope of the Earth's surface as this mission provided from its 330 nautical mile orbit. Easily seen from this vantage point is eastern Egypt, the Nile River, Lake Nassar, the Red Sea and almost half of Saudi Arabia.
Date Taken 1990-04-29
Egypt and Sudan, Africa
Title Egypt and Sudan, Africa
Description From their orbital altitude of 332 nautical miles, the Space Shuttle DISCOVERY's crew could easily recognize land features more than a thousand kilometers distant from its ground track. In this view of Egypt and northern Sudan (21.0N, 30.0E), ground features such as the Nile River, Lake Nassar and the Nile Delta as well as the coast of the Mediterranean Sea can be easily seen near theEarth's limb.
Date Taken 1990-04-29
Red Sea and Dust Pall, Sudan …
Title Red Sea and Dust Pall, Sudan, Africa
Description This relatively small - 40 x 70 miles - dust storm, that reportedly lasted for at least three days, was photographed as it spread over the Red Sea from the Sudan coast near Port Sudan (21.0N, 38.0E). Several more diffuse dust palls may be seen in the distance farther north over both Egypt and Saudi Arabia. The general haziness of the overall scene is because of atmospheric dust throughout the local atmosphere. See STS043-75-054 for overhead view.
Date Taken 1991-08-11
Southeastern Mediterranean P …
Title Southeastern Mediterranean Panorama
Description This oblique northwestward looking panorama view shows the southeastern Mediterranean (29.0N, 33.0E) in great detail. The Sinai Peninsula, the eastern Arabian Desert, the Nile River Valley and Delta as well as the Qatara Depression in Egypt are all prominently portrayed. Even Mt. Sinai is visible in the lower left center of the view. The dusty atmosphere of the region can be seen as a general haziness in the atmosphere.
Date Taken 1991-08-11
Nile River, Lake Nasser, Asw …
Title Nile River, Lake Nasser, Aswan Dam, Egypt
Description Egypt's High Aswan Dam on the Nile River at the first cataracts, Nile River, (24.0N, 33.0E) was completed in 1971 to provide cheap hydroelectric power and to regulate the historically uneven flow of the Nile River. The contrast between the largely base rock desert east of the Nile versus the sand covered desert west of the river and the ancient irrigated floodplain downstream from the damsite is clearly shown.
Date Taken 1991-08-11
Nile River, Lake Nasser, Asw …
Title Nile River, Lake Nasser, Aswan High Dam, Egypt
Description The Aswan High Dam, 2.5 miles across and 364 feet high, (24.0N, 33.0E) completed in 1971, was constructed to supply cheap hydroelectric power to both Egypt and Sudan by impounding, controling and regulating the flood waters of the Nile River in Lake Nasser, the world's second largest artifical lake. The lake extends over 500 miles in length, covers an area of some 2,000 square miles and is as much as 350 feet deep at the face of the dam.
Date Taken 1992-08-08
Nile River, Lake Nasser, Nor …
Title Nile River, Lake Nasser, North Sudan and Lower Egypt
Description Backdropped over eastern Egypt and Sudan, the Nile Niver and Lake Nasser, (22.5N, 32.0E) the Canadian built remote manipulator system (RMS) displays an array of witness plate material samples for evaluation in space environment. In this view of the Nile River, North Sudan and Lower Egypt, the lifegiving potential of this mighty river that has sustained this region for thousands of years has been enhanced in modern times by the building of Lake Nasser.
Date Taken 1992-11-01
Eastern Mediterranean Region
Title Eastern Mediterranean Region
Description This sweeping panorama features the Sinai Peninsula (30.5N, 33.5E) and covers an area from the Nile River into Iraq. The Fayum Depression, the valley of the lower Nile and fertile Nile Delta are vegetated and dark in contrast to the barreness of the surrounding desert. The split northern end of the Red Sea Rift is prominent, separating Sinai from Africa and Arabia. A boundry between light desert and darker brushland marks the Egypt/Israel border.
Date Taken 1992-11-01
Nile River, Lake Nasser, Asw …
Title Nile River, Lake Nasser, Aswan High Dam, Egypt, Africa
Description Lake Nasser, (24.0N, 33.0E) at the Aswan High Dam on the Nile River, in Egypt is the world's second largest artificial lake, extending 500 km, in length and about 5000 sq. km. in area. The lake has a storage capacity sufficient to irrigate farms in Egypt and Sudan year round allowing up to three harvests per year. Other benefits include year round river navagation, hydroelectric power, more fish harvests, reduced flooding and more industrial employment. opportunites.
Date Taken 1992-11-01
Panoramic Sinai Peninsula, R …
Title Panoramic Sinai Peninsula, Red Sea
Description An excellent panoramic view of the entire Sinai Peninsula (29.0N, 34.0E) and the nearby Nile River Delta and eastern Mediterranean coastal region. The Suez Canal, at the top of the scene just to the right of the Delta, connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Gulf of Suez on the west side of the Sinai Peninsula and the Gulf of Aqaba is on the west where they both flow into the Red Sea. At upper right, is the Dead Sea, Jordan River and Lake Tiberius.
Date Taken 1984-10-13
Nile River Delta, Egypt
Title Nile River Delta, Egypt
Description The Nile River Delta of Egypt (30.0N, 31.0E) irrigated by the Nile River and its many distributaries, is some of the richest farm land in the world and home to some 45 million people, over half of Egypt's population. The capital city of Cairo is at the apex of the delta. Just across the river from Cairo can be seen the ancient three big pyramids and sphinx at Giza and the Suez Canal is just to the right of the delta.
Date Taken 1984-10-13
View of the Columbia's aft s …
Title View of the Columbia's aft section while over Mediterranean Sea
Description This southerly looking view photographed from the orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia shows a small portion of the vehichle's aft section. The 50-ft Canadian built remote manipulator system (RMS) is in a resting posture (lower right corner) stretched out along the 60-ft. long cargo bay. Many of the components of the OSS-1 payload package are in the bottom center. The Mediterranean Sea is at right foreground. Parts of the Sinai peninsula, Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, and Lebanon can be located in the photo. The Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba, Suez Canal are near the photo's horizon.
Date Taken 1982-03-31
STS-56 view of freeflying SP …
Title STS-56 view of freeflying SPARTAN-201 and Earth observation of Nile River,Egypt
Description During STS-56, the Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy 201 (SPARTAN-201), a freeflying payload, is captured as it orbits the Earth above the Nile River Valley in Egypt. This synoptic view taken aboard Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, reveals the landscapes of the Sinai and the Gulf of Suez on the left and the Qatara Depression on the right. The Nile River Valley and the base of the delta feature are in the center. The leaf-like appearance of El Fayum is clearly seen. The city of Cairo is also easily recognized at the base of the delta. SPARTAN-201 was later captured by OV-103's remote manipulator system (RMS) and returned to Earth with the astronaut crew.
Date Taken 1993-04-17
STS-56 Earth observation of …
Title STS-56 Earth observation of the northeastern Nile Delta
Description STS-56 Earth observation of the northeastern Nile Delta was photographed from the Earth-orbiting Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103. The branch of the Nile featured in the frame is Daimietta. The Suez Canal marks the boundary of the Nile Delta agriculture and the Sinai Desert to the right. Lake Masada, the dark waterlogged area to the west (left) of Port Said is becoming more saline as the Aswan Dam has reduced sediment downstream. This sediment reduction, according to NASA scientists studying the STS-56 photography, has resulted in increased coastal erosion and the intrusion of a salt-water lens to the ground water, particularly in the northeastern portions of the delta. Center pivot irrigation fields are located along either side of the Ramses Canal, which connects the Daimietta Nile with Great Bitter Lake. This canal has been re-dug three or four times in the past 3,000 years. Historians note that the canal's most famous use was as the departure point of the fleet of Pharaoh Necho.
Date Taken 1993-04-17
STS-57 Earth observation of …
Title STS-57 Earth observation of the Eastern Mediterranean, Nile River, Asia Minor
Description STS-57 Earth observation of the Eastern Mediterranean. From a high vantage point over the Nile River, this north-looking view shows the eastern Mediterranean and the entire landmass of Asia Minor, with the Black Sea dimly visible at the horizon. Many of the Greek islands can be seen in the Aegean Sea (top left), off the coast of Asia Minor. Cyprus is visible under atmospheric dust in the northeastern corner of the Mediterranean. The dust cloud covers the east end of the Mediterranean, its western edge demarcated by a line that cuts the center of the Nile Delta. This dust cloud originated far to the west, in Algeria, and moved northeast. A gyre of clouds in the southeast corner of the Mediterranean indicates a complementary counterclockwise (cyclonic) circulation of air. The Euphrates River appears as a thin green line (upper right) in the yellow Syrian desert just south of the mountains of Turkey. The Dead Sea (lower right) lies in a rift valley which extends north into Turkey and sout
Date Taken 1993-07-01
Northeast Egypt as seen from …
Title Northeast Egypt as seen from STS-58
Description This oblique view, looking northeast from central Egypt, shows great expanses of the sand covered and rocky Western Desert in the foreground (bottom). The dark patches bottom right are the Dakhla Oases on the south side of an escarpment. The northern half of Egypt's Nile appears here, from about the latitude of Luxor to the delta. Green colors indicate the small area of crops which feed Egypt's population of 55 million. The Nile Delta is partly obscured by a band of clouds, but can be discerned at the coast as a flattened triangle of green. The smaller triangle close by is the Falyum Basin, a depression irrigated by water from the Nile. The coast of the Mediterranean Sea appears left.
Date Taken 1993-10-30
False color image of Safsaf …
Title False color image of Safsaf Oasis in southern Egypt
Description This is a false color image of the uninhabited Safsaf Oasis in southern Egypt near the Egypt/Sudan border. It was produced from data obtained from the L-band and C-band radars that are part of the Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar onboard the Shuttle Endeavour on April 9, 1994. The image is centered at 22 degrees North latitude, 29 degrees East longitude. It shows detailed structures of bedrock, and the dark blue sinuous lines are braided channels that occupy part of an old broad river valley. Virtually everything visible on this radar composite image cannot be seen either when standing on the ground or when viewing photographs or satellite images such as Landsat. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory alternative photo number is P-43920.
Date Taken 1994-04-16
Cairo, Egypt as seen from ST …
Title Cairo, Egypt as seen from STS-62
Description Cairo lies at the apex of the great delta of the Nile: the delta is marked by the strong greens of cultivated lands, Cairo by the gray sprawl along the river and the eastern delta apex as it develops in the direction of the airports and Suez. The city of El Giza lies on the west side of the Nile with the Giza pyramids in the desert just beyond the cultivated lands. Several major canals lead water to parts of the delta more distant from the Nile: generally these can be recognized as straighter, more engineered waterways. Towards the top left, the bifurcation of the Rosetta and Damietta branches of the Nile can be seen.
Date Taken 1994-03-14
Cairo, Egypt/Nile River view …
Title Cairo, Egypt/Nile River viewed from STS-66 Atlantis
Description This close-up view of the intensively cultivated Nile River flood plain near Cairo presents a sharp color contrast to the virtually non-vegetated, sandy desert, located to the west of the vegetated area. Some rectangular cultivated field patterns, as well as circular center pivot irrigation patterns, can be observed northwest of the Nile River flood plain. The world famous Giza Pyramids are located near the center of this photography (see highly reflective sand surfaces).
Date Taken 1994-11-14
Sinai Peninsula, Middle East …
Title Sinai Peninsula, Middle East as seen from STS-66 orbiter Atlantis
Description A high oblique view of the Middle East centered at approximately 28.0 degrees north and 34.0 degrees east. Portions of the countries of Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia are visible. The Dead Sea Rift Valley continuing into the Gulf of Aqaba marks the boundary between Israel and Jordan. The vegetation change in the Sinai Peninsula is the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. In Egypt, the Suez Canal connects the Gulf of Suez with the Mediterranean Sea and forms the western boundary of the Sinai Peninsula. The green ribbon of the Nile River is in marked contrast to this arid region. Even the Jordan River does not support large scale agriculture.
Date Taken 1994-11-14
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