Earth from Space - Image Description

STS028-097-086 Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska, U.S.A. August 1989
This partial frame captures a large section of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, with dark blue Glacier Bay surrounded by many inlets and fjords. The large, bright area to the right of the photograph is Brady Glacier from whose higher elevations numerous smaller valley glaciers radiate. Fairweather Range is the local name given to the Saint Elias Mountains west of Glacier Bay.

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