NASA Photo ID: AST-14-890 File Name: 10076558.jpg
Film Type: 70mm Date Taken: 07/18/75
Title: View of unique drainage patterns in southwestern Africa
Description:
An oblique view of unique drainage patterns in southwestern Africa in the
Rio Cuando area of Angola and South-West Africa, as photographed from the
Apollo spacecraft in Earth orbit during the joint U.S.-USSR Apollo Soyuz
Test Project (ASTP) mission. The picture was taken at an altitude of 223
kilometers (138 statute miles).
Subject terms:
AFRICA
ANGOLA
APOLLO SOYUZ TEST PROJECT
DRAINAGE PATTERNS
EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)
ONBOARD ACTIVITIES
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