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Earth observations taken from shuttle Discovery during STS-85 mission
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Sts085-503-061 (7 — 19 August 1997) --- Lakes Balkhash and Alakol, southern uplands of Kazakhstan, central Asia. The long, 600 kilometers arc of Lake Balkhash occupies the center of this clear west-looking view. The left of the view shows clearly the westernmost Dzungarian Basin in the autonomous region of Xinjiang Uygur (Sinkiang), China. Kazakhstan's capital city Almaty (Alma-Ata) lies out of sight behind the boom.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineEarth observations taken from shuttle Discovery during STS-85 mission. NASA/JSC, 1997-09-02. Public domain. ID: sts085-503-061.
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