Mecca From Above

Urban structures and the city’s Great Mosque stand out amid the hilly, desert landscape of western Saudi Arabia.

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Astronaut photograph ISS069-E-39069 was acquired on July 29, 2023, with a Nikon D5 digital camera using a focal length of 1,150 millimeters. It is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations Facility and the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit at NASA Johnson Space Center. The image was taken by a member of the Expedition 69 crew. The image has been cropped and enhanced to improve contrast, and lens artifacts have been removed. The International Space Station Program supports the laboratory as part of the ISS National Lab 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. Caption by Sara Schmidt, GeoControl Systems, Amentum JETS II Contract at NASA-JSC.

Published February 16, 2025
Data acquired July 29, 2023

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ISS > Digital Camera

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Astronaut Photography