Earth from Space - Image Description

STS073-726-073 Mojave Desert and Edwards Air Force Base, California, U.S.A. October 1995
The subdued colors of Rogers Dry Lake, Rosamond Dry Lake, and Edwards Air Force Base are discernible near the center of the photograph. Also visible are part of the western Mojave Desert--known locally as Antelope Valley--and several irrigated, rectangular field patterns. The San Andreas Fault traverses the northeastern flank of the San Gabriel Mountains.

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