NASA Photo ID: SL4-136-3388        File Name: 10076353.jpg
Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 12/02/73
Title: View of a South Pacific storm photographed from Skylab space station
Description:
This view of a South Pacific storm was photographed from the Skylab space 
station in Earth orbit by one of the Skylab 4 crewmen. The crewman used a 
hand-held 70mm Hasselblad camera to take this picture. This photograph of a 
low pressure area and associated frontal activity was taken for studying
the  development of such storm systems. The low sun angle enhances the
relief,  giving much of the picture a three-dimensional appearance. This
storm,  located east of New Zealand at 170 degrees west longitude and 50
degrees  south latitude, is not and never become a typhoon.               

Subject terms:
CLOUDS                                  
EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
ONBOARD ACTIVITIES                      
PACIFIC OCEAN                           
PHOTOGRAPHY                             
SKYLAB 4                                
SKYLAB PROGRAM                          
STORMS                                  

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