Earth from Space - Image Description

STS073-726-017 Colorado, San Juan, and Escalante Rivers, Utah, U.S.A. September 1995
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and Lake Powell are apparent in this south-southwest-looking, low-oblique photograph. The southwestern edge of the Kaiparowits Plateau is discernible in the upper right portion of the photograph. The Escalante, San Juan, and Colorado Rivers can be seen joining Lake Powell. The light greenish-red rocks of the Waterpocket Fold are visible northeast of the Escalante River.

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