File:Laguna del Negro Francisco.jpg
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English: An astronaut aboard the International Space Station used a long lens to photograph an unusual lake in the high Andes Mountains of central Chile. Its two contrasting colors are separated by a narrow bank of sand. Dry desert washes lead down from adjacent highlands, spreading out as alluvial fans on all sides of the lake.
The contrasting colors of Laguna del Negro Francisco are controlled by the salt content of the water on either side of the sand bank. The 5 kilometer-long north basin is orange because it is shallow: evaporation results in salt accumulation that allows salt-loving algae to thrive. These organisms display different colors depending on the temperature and salinity of the water. Previous photos suggest that orange is an uncommon color for this lake, which is usually a light yellow-green. By contrast, the south basin is fed by a larger watershed and is fresher, deeper, and more permanent. It is rich with wetland vegetation, and the depth of the water helps maintain a dark green color. Strong westerly winds (from top left) blow most of the year and affect many landforms in the high Andean deserts. The winds promote wave action in the north basin, which is probably responsible for building the curved central sand bank. Wind has had a different effect on the south basin. Here the wind drives several slowly rotating water circulations in the deeper water. Over time, these currents sweep sand from the bank into the lake, forming short capes or spits. Sand spits are typical in shallow lakes, and have been observed by astronauts in other South American lakes. Old shorelines ring Laguna del Negro Francisco, showing that water levels have been sometimes high enough in the past to drown the sand bank and make a single continuous body of water. Astronaut photograph ISS023-E-5251 was acquired on March 18, 2010, with a Nikon D4 digital camera using an 800 millimeter lens, and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations Facility and the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Johnson Space Center. The image was taken by a member of the Expedition 23 crew. The image has been cropped and enhanced to improve contrast, and lens artifacts have been removed. The International Space Station Program supports the laboratory as part of the ISS National Lab to help astronauts take pictures of Earth that will be of the greatest value to scientists and the public, and to make those images freely available on the Internet. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. Caption by M. Justin Wilkinson, Texas State University, Jacobs Contract at NASA-JSC. |
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Source | https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/89348/laguna-del-negro-francisco |
Author | The Earth Observatory |
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Camera manufacturer | NIKON CORPORATION |
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Camera model | NIKON D2Xs |
Exposure time | 1/1,250 sec (0.0008) |
F-number | f/5.6 |
ISO speed rating | 200 |
Date and time of data generation | 13:40, 18 March 2010 |
Lens focal length | 800 mm |
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Number of components | 3 |
Horizontal resolution | 300 dpi |
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File change date and time | 17:22, 22 December 2016 |
Exposure Program | Aperture priority |
Exif version | 2.21 |
Date and time of digitizing | 13:40, 18 March 2010 |
APEX shutter speed | 10.287712 |
APEX aperture | 4.970854 |
APEX exposure bias | 0 |
Maximum land aperture | 5 APEX (f/5.66) |
Metering mode | Pattern |
Light source | Unknown |
Flash | Flash did not fire |
DateTime subseconds | 24 |
DateTimeOriginal subseconds | 24 |
DateTimeDigitized subseconds | 24 |
Color space | Uncalibrated |
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File source | Digital still camera |
Scene type | A directly photographed image |
Custom image processing | Normal process |
Exposure mode | Auto exposure |
White balance | Auto white balance |
Digital zoom ratio | 1 |
Focal length in 35 mm film | 1,200 mm |
Scene capture type | Standard |
Scene control | None |
Contrast | Soft |
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Sharpness | Normal |
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Serial number of camera | 6027254 |
Lens used | 400.0 mm f/2.8 |
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Date metadata was last modified | 12:22, 22 December 2016 |
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