Grand Canyon From Space

The grand canyon as seen from the international space station on marc h 25 2014.

Grand canyon from space. To celebrate the centennial of the u s national park service expedition 48 commander jeff williams of nasa has taken hundreds of images of national parks from his vantage point in low earth orbit aboard the international space station. Space station view of grand canyon national park. From this vantage point john shoots ethereal photos rich in color.

Nasa astronaut terry virts tweeted this revealing image that was taken on dec. It is surprisingly hard to see. Keep up to date with new projects on our website and youtube channel.

Here a series of williams photographs are assembled into this composite image of the grand canyon. Grand canyon from space. That s more than three times the height of mount everest and above 99 of the earth s atmosphere.

We formed a new high altitude group night crew labs. Photographer john flaig outfits weather balloons with cameras to capture the grand canyon from 90 000 feet. Astronaut koichi wakata took this picture on march 26 2014 from the international space station and thankfully he.

First female grand canyon nation park superintendent resigns after bogus sounding investigation. The grand canyon from space filmed by launching a stratospheric balloon flight from the grand canyon national park arizona to capture these stunning images. Courtesy iss crew earth observations facility and the earth science and remote sensing unit johnson.

Submitted by bog on sun 12 08 2013 07 31. The grand canyon is extra grand in this stunning student photo from space middle school students captured this spectacular photo of the grand canyon from space using the internet operated sally. A view of the grand canyon from space today s image of the day from nasa earth observatory features the grand canyon surrounded by snow in northern arizona.