NASA Photo ID: STS057-100-061      File Name: 10073297.jpg
  Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 07/01/93
  Title: STS-57 Earth observation of Lake Victoria, Africa
  Description:
  STS-57 Earth observation taken aboard Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105,
  is  of Africa's Lake Victoria, which sits in the middle of the East African
  Rift  Valley System.Lake Victoria is a major resource in eastern Africa,
  especially  to the countries bordering the lake -- Uganda, Kenya and
  Tanzania. Typical  summer indicators in equatorial Africa -- puffy clouds
  over land mass and  clear skies over the lakes -- are in the view.  Lake
  Albert in the western  section of the Rift Valley and Lake Turkana in the
  eastern section can be  seen to the west and east of Lake Victoria,
  respectively.  Most of the other  features on the right are obscured by
  clouds.  NASA scientists studying the  STS-57 Earth photography point out
  that the wide perspective of this scene  gives a sense of the
  three-dimensional profile of the whole rift system.  The  scientists cite
  the way in which the component valleys of the rift system  ramp up to Lake
  Victoria on either side.         
  Subject terms:
  AFRICA                                  
  CLOUDS                                  
  EARTH LIMB                              
  EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
  ENDEAVOUR (ORBITER)                     
  LAKES                                   
  STS-57                                  
  

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