NASA Photo ID: S63-06440          File Name: 10073800.jpg

Film Type: 4x5 cn                 Date Taken: 05/16/63

Title: Tibetan Plateau photographed during MA-9 22 orbit

Description:

View of the Tibetan Plateau in north-central Tibet, as photographed from
the  Mercury-Atlas 9 capsule by Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., during his
22  orbit Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) spaceflight. The center of the photograph
is  near 91 degrees east longitude and 34 degrees 30 minutes north
latitude. This  view includes lakes and snow-covered highlands.