NASA Photo ID: SL4-141-4340        File Name: 10076385.jpg
Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 01/20/74
Title: Southern part of the Sea of Okhotsk, north of Japan
Description:
An oblique view of the southern part of the Sea of Okhotsk, north of Japan, 
(45.0N,144.0E) as photographed from the Skylab space station in Earth orbit 
by one of the Skylab 4 crewmen. Most of the land area is Hokkaido Island, 
Japan. The southern tip of Sakhalin Island (Soviet Union) is in the
northwest  corner. This photograph was taken to aid in the study of the
formation of sea  ice. Observations in the Sea of Okhotsk are of interest
because the ice has a  morphology similar to that of the Bering Sea.                

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EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
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ISLANDS                                 
JAPAN                                   
ONBOARD ACTIVITIES                      
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SKYLAB PROGRAM                          

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