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Landmark: Earth
Image: Mt. McKinley
Landmark: Denali (Mount McKinley)
Mount McKinley from the International Space Station
Photo: NASA
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The station crewmember took advantage of cloud free skies and the powerful 800 mm lens to photograph this peak, fully 800 miles to the north of the spacecraft, which was located over the Gulf of Alaska. The powerful lenses are difficult to use, requiring motion compensation by the astronaut, so that this type of detailed images of the horizon are seldom taken. The rising sun casts long shadows across the Kahiltna Glacier that angles down from Mt. McKinley (lower left).
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