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Chesapeake Bay as seen from STS-58
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Chesapeake Bay as seen from STS-58

NASA / JSC · 1993-10-30 · photograph (digital archive)

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STS058-81-049 (18 Oct-1 Nov 1993) --- This view encompasses most of the large estuarine system of the Chesapeake Bay. The farmland and marshes of eastern shores of the Chesapeake (eastern Maryland and Virginia) are the foreground. The largest tributary flowing into the Bay is the Potomac River; Washington, D.C. is visible where the river bends to the northwest. The urban-suburban corridor between Washington, D.C.

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Credit lineChesapeake Bay as seen from STS-58. NASA/JSC, 1993-10-30. Public domain. ID: sts058-81-049.

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