NASA Photo ID: SL4-141-4320        File Name: 10076384.jpg
Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 02/01/74
Title: Gulf of St. Lawrence area of Canada as seen from Skylab
Description:
A vertical view of the Gulf of St. Lawrence area of Canada (50.0N,64.5W),
as  photographed from the Skylab space station in Earth orbit by one of the 
Skylab 4 crewmen. The elongated island is Anticosti Island which points 
toward the west. The largest land mass is the mainland of Quebec. The
rounded  coastline in the southwest corner of the photograph is Quebec's
Gaspe  Peninsula. The St. Lawrence River which drains the five Great Lakes
empties  into this body of water. Note the evidence of much ice and snow.               

Subject terms:
CANADA                                  
EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
GULFS                                   
ICE                                     
ISLANDS                                 
ONBOARD ACTIVITIES                      
PHOTOGRAPHY                             
SKYLAB 4                                
SKYLAB PROGRAM                          
SNOW                                    

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