NASA Photo ID: S66-38298 File Name: 10074380.jpg
Film Type: 70mm Date Taken: 06/05/66
Title: Central coastal area of Peru as seen from the Gemini 9-A spacecraft
Description:
Central coastal area of Peru as seen from the Gemini 9-A spacecraft during
its 35th revolution of the earth. Body of water at lower right is Pacific
Ocean. Mountains are in the Cordillera Blanca range of the Andes. The
22,205 ft. Huascaran is the highest peak in the area.
Subject terms:
COASTS
EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)
GEMINI 9 FLIGHT
GEMINI PROJECT
GEMINI SPACECRAFT
MOUNTAINS
ONBOARD ACTIVITIES
PACIFIC OCEAN
PERU
PHOTOGRAPHY
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