This NASA-processed image was taken by the Terra satellite on 9 September 2001. It shows the greater Yellowstone area shortly after the first snowfall of the fall. (Credit: Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC) | ![]() |
This photograph was taken by the Space Shuttle Columbia on STS-58, 18 October 1993. View is towards the northeast. Yellowstone Lake is visible near the center. (Credit: NASA)
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![]() Portion of previous image partially corrected for perspective. |
This photograph was taken from Skylab during the third mission, in August or September 1973. View is toward the east. (This image is contrast enhanced.) (Credit: NASA)
Previous image partially corrected for perspective. North is roughly toward the top.
Image sources:
Gateway to Astronaut Photography of the Earth
Visible Earth
text © 2001 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 10 November 2001.
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