Earth from Space - Image Description

STS028-082-040 Southern Baranof Island, Alaska, U.S.A. August 1989
Heavily forested southern Baranof Island is visible lying between the Pacific Ocean to the west and Chatham Strait to the east. Also discernible are scattered clouds overhanging snowcapped peaks; Whale Bay, the larger inlet along the west coast; and the tip of the Space Shuttle tail near the bottom left of the photograph.

This service is provided by the International Space Station program and the JSC Earth Science & Remote Sensing Unit, ARES Division, Exploration Integration Science Directorate.