NASA Photo ID: S73-35082           File Name: 10076283.jpg
Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 08/15/73
Title: View of east Africa ravaged by drought
Description:
A near vertical view of a portion of east Africa revaged by drought for the 
past five years is seen in this Skylab 3 Earth Resources Experiments
Package  S190-B (five-inch earth terrain camera) photograph taken from the
Skylab  space station in Earth orbit. The semi-desert scene is in
southwestern Niger.                   
Subject terms:
AFRICA                                  
AGRICULTURE                             
CITIES                                  
DESERTS                                 
EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY                    
NIGERIA                                 
ONBOARD ACTIVITIES                      
SKYLAB 3                                
SKYLAB PROGRAM                          
SPACEBORNE EXPERIMENTS                  

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