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ISS015-E-08879 (18 May 2007) --- An evaporation pond near the Colorado River in Utah is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 15 crewmember on the International Space Station.
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ISS015-E-09509 (25 May 2007) --- Astronaut Sunita L. Williams (top), Expedition 15 flight engineer, and cosmonaut Fyodor N. Yurchikhin, commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, share a meal at the galley in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.
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ISS015-E-10462 (3 June 2007) --- The profile of the atmosphere and a setting sun are featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 15 crewmember on the International Space Station.
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ISS015-E-08952 (21 May 2007) --- An 800-mm lens look from the International Space Station shows the Kennedy Space Center around midday on May 21, 2007. Astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 15 flight engineer, took the photo. The Space Shuttle Atlantis, scheduled for a launch no earlier than June 8, sits on Pad A (center left) at launch complex 39. Pad B can be seen near bottom. The giant Vehicle Assembly Building (right center) and part of the Shuttle Landing Facility (lower right) are among other facilities seen in the digital frame.
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ISS015-E-09961 (29 May 2007) --- Rio Jurua in Brazil is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 15 crewmember on the International Space Station. The center point of this image is about 8 degrees, 33.8 minutes south latitude and 72 degrees, 49.7 minutes west longitude. North is to the bottom of the image.
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ISS015-E-09940 (29 May 2007) --- A gibbous moon is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 15 crewmember on the International Space Station.
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ISS015-E-09449 (24 May 2007) --- Astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 15 flight engineer, enters data in a computer for the Sleep-Wake Actigraphy and Light Exposure During Spaceflight-Long (Sleep-Long) experiment in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. Sleep-Long will examine the effects of spaceflight and ambient light exposure on the sleep-wake cycles of the crewmembers during long-duration stays on the station.
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ISS015-E-10061 (30 May 2007) --- A nearly full moon is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 15 crewmember on the International Space Station.
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ISS015-E-08950 (21 May 2007) --- An 800-mm lens look from the International Space Station shows the Kennedy Space Center around midday on May 21, 2007. Astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 15 flight engineer, took the photo. The Space Shuttle Atlantis, scheduled for a launch no earlier than June 8, sits on Pad A (near top center frame) at launch complex 39. Pad B can be seen near center frame. The giant Vehicle Assembly Building (upper right) and part of the Shuttle Landing Facility (near lower right edge) are among other facilities seen in the digital frame.
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ISS015-E-08920 (19 May 2007) --- Southern Everglades National Park, Florida is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 15 crewmember on the International Space Station. Everglades National Park in southern Florida is the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States. Known as the "river of grass", the Everglades wetlands and wooded uplands host a variety of endangered species including crocodiles, manatees, and panthers. During the late 19th and 20th centuries, the original 11,000 square miles of wetlands were viewed as useless swampland in need of reclamation. The success of reclamation efforts -- for agriculture and urban expansion in southern Florida -- has led to the loss of approximately 50 per cent of the original wetlands and 90 per cent of wading bird species. Today, an extensive restoration effort is underway to return portions of the Everglades to a more natural state and prevent further ecosystem degradation. This view highlights the southern Everglades estuarine ecosystem where the wetlands meet Florida Bay. Thin fingers of land and small islands (keys) host mangrove, hardwood hammocks, marsh and prairie (mainly dark to light green in the image). The tan and grayish-brown areas are dominantly scrub, marshland and prairie; small green "dots" and narrow lines in this region are isolated mangrove and hardwood stands indicating the general direction of slow water flow toward the bay. The silver-gray regions are water surfaces highlighted by sunglint. The roadway forming the western boundary of the National Park is US Route 1 connecting the Miami metropolitan area to the north (not shown) with the Florida Keys to the south (not shown). A small built feature visible along the roadway is a fishing camp.
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ISS015-E-08737 (19 May 2007) --- Cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, is pictured near "fresh" fruit floating freely in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. The fruit was part of a recent delivery of food and supplies sent up via a Progress resupply craft.
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ISS015-E-09436 (24 May 2007) --- Cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, works with an Orlan Tether Adapter assembly in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.
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ISS015-E-08953 (21 May 2007) --- An 800-mm lens look from the International Space Station shows the Kennedy Space Center around midday on May 21, 2007. Astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 15 flight engineer, took the photo. The Space Shuttle Atlantis, scheduled for a launch no earlier than June 8, sits on Pad A (center frame) at launch complex 39. Pad B can be seen near bottom. The giant Vehicle Assembly Building (right center) and part of the Shuttle Landing Facility (lower right edge) are among other facilities seen in the digital frame
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ISS015-E-09461 (24 May 2007) --- Astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 15 flight engineer, exercises on the Cycle Ergometer with Vibration Isolation System (CEVIS) during a Periodic Fitness Evaluation with Oxygen Uptake Measurement (PFE-OUM) experiment in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
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ISS015-E-08946 (21 May 2007) --- An 800-mm lens look from the International Space Station shows the Kennedy Space Center around midday on May 21, 2007. Astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 15 flight engineer, took the photo. The Space Shuttle Atlantis, scheduled for a launch no earlier than June 8, sits on Pad A (center frame) at launch complex 39. Pad B can be seen near bottom. The giant Vehicle Assembly Building (right center) and part of the Shuttle Landing Facility (right edge) are among other facilities seen in the digital frame.
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ISS015-E-10125 (30 May 2007) --- An iceberg in the South Atlantic Ocean is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 15 crewmember on the International Space Station. This iceberg illustrates the remains of a giant iceberg -- designated A22A that broke off Antarctica in 2002. This is one of the largest icebergs to drift as far north as 50 degrees south latitude, bringing it beneath the daylight path of the station. Crewmembers aboard the orbital complex were able to locate the ice mass and photograph it, despite great cloud masses of winter storms in the Southern Ocean. Dimensions of A22A in early June were 49.9 x 23.4 kilometers, giving it an area of 622 square kilometers, or seven times the area of Manhattan Island.
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ISS015-E-10425 (2 June 2007) --- A full moon is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 15 crewmember on the International Space Station.
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ISS015-E-07874 (12 May 2007) --- A major dust storm (center right) along the east side of the Aral Sea, Kazakhstan, is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 15 crewmember on the International Space Station while passing over central Asia. The white, irregular lines along the bottom of the image are salt and clay deposits on the present coastline. On the spring day when the ISS crew shot the image, winds were blowing from the west (lower left). The gray, puffy appearance is typical of dust clouds, allowing scientists to distinguish dust from fog and smog. The dust in this image is rising from the sea bed of the Aral Sea, from a point close to the middle of the original Aral Sea of 40--50 years ago, then the fourth largest inland sea on Earth. Heavy extraction of water from the main supply river, the Amu Dary'a, has resulted in rapid shrinking of the sea. According to scientists, dust storms have been occurring in the Aral Sea region for thousands of years, but since the drastic shrinking of the sea over the past half-century an important change in dust composition has occurred. The dust now includes fertilizer and pesticide washed into the Sea from the extensive cotton fields of the Amu Dary'a floodplain. Years of liberal application of agricultural chemicals have resulted in concentration of these pollutants on the sea bed. These are now exposed to the wind and transported hundreds of kilometers in a generally easterly direction. Research suggests that the remobilized chemicals are the cause of high rates of many diseases in the populations along the north, east and southern margins of the Aral Sea. This is one of the unintended consequences of the shrinking of the sea, which has made international news for many years due to the loss of the fishing industry and other significant ecological problems.
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ISS015-E-07928 (13 May 2007) --- Isla San Lorenzo and Isla Las Animas are featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 15 crewmember on the International Space Station. Located in the northern Gulf of California, Isla (island) San Lorenzo and Isla Las Animas -- part of the Midriff Islands -- record geologic processes involved in the creation of the Baja California peninsula over several hundred million years, according to scientists. A geologist walking along the 17-kilometer long central ridge of Isla San Lorenzo from the southeastern to the northwestern end would first encounter Cretaceous granitic rock in the southeastern third of the island (light tan, center left). The central third of the island is comprised mainly of older Paleozoic metamorphic rocks (brown, center; directly above "Isla San Lorenzo"). Together, these very old rocks form the crystalline "basement" of the island. The northwestern third of Isla San Lorenzo, and much of adjacent Isla Las Animas, is composed of much more recent volcanic and marine sedimentary rocks (yellow-brown to light brown, center right). According to scientists, these rocks were formed by volcanoes and fissure eruptions in and around basins in the growing Gulf of California between 5-8 million years ago. The islands themselves were formed as a result of uplift of crustal blocks along the southeastward-trending San Andreas Fault. This image illustrates the largely pristine nature of these islands. The islands are located in the rain shadow of mountains on the Baja Peninsula to the west, and arid conditions prevail through much of the year. The scarcity of water has limited human presence on the islands, and allowed flora and fauna unique to each island (known as endemic species) to flourish -- particularly reptiles. The islands are also home to colonies of seabirds and seals, both of which take advantage of deep productive waters adjacent to the eastern Baja coast. Shallow waters and high levels of nutrients can also lead to blooms of green phytoplankton; two such blooms can be seen along the coastline of Isla Las Animas (center right, in north and west-facing embayments). Surface water patterns around the islands -- enhanced by sunlight reflectance off the water surface -- are due to wind- and current-induced roughness (silver-gray regions). Regions of dark blue water are indicative of calm surface conditions, or the presence of oils and surfactants that decrease surface tension.
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ISS015-E-08032 (15 May 2007) --- Cosmonauts Fyodor N. Yurchikhin (right) and Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 commander and flight engineer, respectively, representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, use communication systems in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station during docking operations of the Progress 25 resupply craft.
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ISS015-E-08735 (19 May 2007) --- Cosmonaut Fyodor N. Yurchikhin, Expedition 15 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, is pictured near "fresh" fruit floating freely in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. The fruit was part of a recent delivery of food and supplies sent up via a Progress resupply craft.
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ISS015-E-08321 (6 May 2007) --- Astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 15 flight engineer, prepares to exercise using the Interim Resistive Exercise Device (IRED) in the Unity node of the International Space Station.
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ISS015-E-08237 (27 April 2007) --- Cosmonauts Fyodor N. Yurchikhin (left), Oleg V. Kotov (right), Expedition 15 commander and flight engineer, respectively, and astronaut Sunita L. Williams, flight engineer, photographed during a teleconference in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.
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ISS015-E-07771 (12 May 2007) --- Isla Blanquilla, Venezuela is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 15 crewmember on the International Space Station. The small island of Blanquilla is so named for its white sand beaches, visible in this image as a bright border along the northeastern -- eastern shoreline. Located approximately 292 kilometers (182 miles) northeast of Caracas, this Caribbean island is a popular destination for divers and tourists arriving by boat or airplane (the airstrip is visible at left center). Surface currents extending from the western coastline of the island (right center) are caused by easterly trade winds. According to scientists, this dominant wind has also caused movement of beach sand to form white "fingers" extending inland along the east coast (bottom center). The flora and fauna of Isla Blanquilla are an interesting mixture of arid (cacti, iguanas) and introduced species (wild donkeys and goats), but it is particularly notable for the presence of black coral. Black coral (order Antipatharia) is something of a misnomer, as it refers to the skeleton of the coral rather than the living organism (which is typically brightly colored). Black corals around the world are harvested for use in jewelry and other craftwork, so much so that the species has been listed for protection under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. The island is the southernmost subaerial (above water) exposure of the Aves Ridge, a seafloor topography feature of the southernmost Caribbean ocean. The western third of the island is comprised of Cretaceous to Paleocene granitic rock (brown to tan), while the remainder consists of three limestone terraces of Pleistocene age deposited on the older granitic basement rock. The terraces decrease in age outwards from the western third of the island. The terraces record fluctuating sea levels, thought to be related to glacial advances and retreats during the Pleistocene together with tectonic uplift of the island.
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ISS015-E-08337 (6 May 2007) --- Astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 15 flight engineer, wearing squat harness pads, poses for a photo while using the Interim Resistive Exercise Device (IRED) equipment in the Unity node of the International Space Station.
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ISS015-E-08374 (17 May 2007) --- A view of a hockey-stick-shaped tool wrapped in insulating tape and floating freely in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station, scheduled for possible use during STS-117 extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction resumes on the International Space Station.
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ISS015-E-08714 (15 May 2007) --- Cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and astronaut Sunita L. Williams, flight engineer, share a meal near the galley in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.
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ISS015-E-08472 (17 May 2007) --- Cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, performs water transfer operations in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.
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ISS015-E-08017 (15 May 2007) --- Backdropped by the blackness of space, an unpiloted Progress supply vehicle approaches the International Space Station. The Progress 25 resupply craft launched at 10:25 p.m. (CDT) on May 11, 2007 from the Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to deliver more than 2.5 tons of food, fuel, oxygen and other supplies to the Expedition 15 crewmembers onboard the station. Progress automatically docked to the aft port of the Zvezda Service Module at 12:10 a.m. (CDT) on May 15 as the spacecraft and the station flew approximately 208 miles above a point of the Earth off the northeast coast of Australia.
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ISS015-E-07934 (13 May 2007) --- Mazatlan, Mexico is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 15 crewmember on the International Space Station. Mazatlan is Mexico's largest port, situated on one of the best estuaries on Mexico's Pacific coast, illustrated well in this image. Docks and naval yards line the north side of the estuary. The city itself appears as a series of light-toned city blocks covering the center of the image. Mazatlan (population of 352,000 in 2005) is growing northward from the downtown peninsula, with tourist beaches backed by hotels, and a marina and golf courses just beyond. No city growth yet appears on the south side the estuary where farm lands can be seen. The famous Faro Lighthouse occupies the top of a steep island--now connected by a bridge to the mainland--at the mouth of the estuary (top center). The Faro Lighthouse is the second tallest in the world behind Gibraltar's. The wide, straight, almost vertical line of the railroad appears to bisect the picture. This image shows sea features well, primarily ocean swells coming in from the southwest, which appear as a series of parallel lines covering the entire sea surface in this view. An oil slick offshore of the tourist beaches appears as a dark line along the left side of the image.
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ISS015-E-08736 (19 May 2007) --- Cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, is pictured near "fresh" fruit floating freely in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. The fruit was part of a recent delivery of food and supplies sent up via a Progress resupply craft.
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ISS015-E-08660 (May 2007) --- Cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, collects medical data for the Cognitive Cardiovascular (Cardiocog-2) experiment in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. Cardiocog-2 will determine the impact of weightlessness on the cardiovascular system and respiratory system and the cognitive reactions of crewmembers. The results of this study will be used to develop additional countermeasures that will continue to keep crewmembers healthy during long-duration space exploration.
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ISS015-E-08659 (May 2007) --- Cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, checks procedures checklists while collecting medical data for the Cognitive Cardiovascular (Cardiocog-2) experiment in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. Cardiocog-2 will determine the impact of weightlessness on the cardiovascular system and respiratory system and the cognitive reactions of crewmembers. The results of this study will be used to develop additional countermeasures that will continue to keep crewmembers healthy during long-duration space exploration.
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ISS015-E-07904 (15 May 2007) --- Backdropped by the blackness of space, an unpiloted Progress supply vehicle approaches the International Space Station. The Progress 25 resupply craft launched at 10:25 p.m. (CDT) on May 11, 2007 from the Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to deliver more than 2.5 tons of food, fuel, oxygen and other supplies to the Expedition 15 crewmembers onboard the station. Progress automatically docked to the aft port of the Zvezda Service Module at 12:10 a.m. (CDT) on May 15 as the spacecraft and the station flew approximately 208 miles above a point of the Earth off the northeast coast of Australia.
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ISS015-E-08308 (6 May 2007) --- Astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 15 flight engineer, works at a portable glovebox facility in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
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ISS015-E-08320 (6 May 2007) --- Cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, uses the short bar for the Interim Resistive Exercise Device (IRED) to perform upper body strengthening pull-ups. The IRED hardware is located in the Unity node of the International Space Station.
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