Internal Waves, South China Sea
STS007-05-245 (18-24 June 1983) --- A rare view of internal waves in the South China Sea. Several different series of internal waves are represented in the 70mm frame, exposed with a handheld camera by members of the STS-7 astronaut crew aboard the Earth-orbiting Challenger. The land area visible in the lower left is part of the large island of Hainan, China.
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NASA ID
s07-05-245
Date Created
June 24, 1983
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JSC
Media Type
image
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