Earth from Space - Image Description

STS059-222-046 Central Kansas, U.S.A April 1994
Agricultural fields, river valleys, and the grasslands of the Flint Hills are apparent in this panoramic, northeast-looking, low-oblique photograph of central Kansas. Barely discernible is the Kansas River Valley. Visible from north to south are Milford Lake north of Junction City, the Smoky Hill River Valley east of Salina, and scattered agricultural fields between Salina and Newton.

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