Earth from Space - Image Description

STS059-L09-150 Klamath Mountains and Klamath River, California, U.S.A. April 1994
The rugged, snow-covered Klamath Mountains, part of the Coast Range, are featured in this southwest-looking, low-oblique photograph. The Klamath Mountains have numerous peaks exceeding 7000 feet (2135 meters). The Klamath River is visible winding south and then northwest, following the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation, and emptying into the Pacific Ocean (top right of photograph) south of Crescent City, California.

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