
61C-32-089 (12 Jan. 1986) --- This nearly-vertical handheld Hasselblad image over Chile was photographed from an altitude of 176 nautical miles during the sixth orbit of the space shuttle Columbia on Jan. 12, 1986. Many of the noted Andes volcanoes can be seen in the frame. Laguna Verde (Green Lake) is near the center of the frame. Center coordinates are located at 22.5 degrees south latitude and 68 degrees west longitude. The shuttle was 176 nautical miles above a point centered at 21.8 degrees south latitude and 67.3 degrees west longitude.
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January 12, 1986
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