NASA Photo ID: S62-06021           File Name: 10073655.jpg
Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 02/20/62
Title: View of clouds over Indian Ocean taken by Astronaut John Glenn during MA-6
Description:
A view of clouds over the Indian Ocean as photographed by Astronaut John H. 
Glenn Jr. aboard the "Friendship 7" spacecraft on February 20, 1962. The 
cloud panorama illustrates the visibility of different cloud types and 
weather patterns. Shadows produced by the rising Sun aid in the
determination  of relative cloud heights.                 
Subject terms:
CLOUDS                                  
EARTH (PLANET)                          
EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
INDIAN OCEAN                            
MERCURY MA-6 FLIGHT                     
MERCURY PROJECT                         
ONBOARD ACTIVITIES                      
PHOTOGRAPHY                             

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