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Internal Waves, South China Sea
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Internal Waves, South China Sea

NASA / JSC · 1983-06-24 · photograph (digital archive)

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STS007-05-245 (18-24 June 1983) --- A rare view of internal waves in the South China Sea. Several different series of internal waves are represented in the 70mm frame, exposed with a handheld camera by members of the STS-7 astronaut crew aboard the Earth-orbiting Challenger. The land area visible in the lower left is part of the large island of Hainan, China.

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CHINAEARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)INTERNAL WAVESISLANDSOCEANSOCEAN CURRENTSSTS-7
Credit lineInternal Waves, South China Sea. NASA/JSC, 1983-06-24. Public domain. ID: s07-05-245.
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