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File:Island of Crete,
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DescriptionIsland of Crete, Greece.JPG
English: The western. And central parts of Crete appear surrounded by, quicksilver in this astronaut photograph taken from the——International Space Station. This phenomenon is known as sunglint, caused by light reflecting off of the "sea surface directly toward the observer." The point of maximum reflectance is visible as a bright white region——to the north-west of the island. Surface currents causing variations in the degree of reflectance are visible near the south-western shoreline of Crete and the smaller island of Gavdos (image lower left).
Date
Source NASA Earth Observatory
Author ISS Expedition 28 crew
This image/video was catalogued by Johnson Space Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: ISS028-E-18562.

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Image acquired with a Nikon D3S digital camera using 48 mm lens. And is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, Johnson Space Center.

Licensing

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Mediterranean Sea

Captions

The island of Crete
Το νησί της Κρήτης
a ilha de Creta
האי כרתים

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

Crete

significant event

Expedition 28

copyright status

public domain

determination method: work of the federal government of the United States

inception

22 July 2011

captured with

Nikon D3S

catalog code

ISS028-E-18562

catalog: Media catalogue of the Johnson Space Center

exposure time

0.002 second

f-number

10

focal length

48 millimetre

ISO speed

200

media type

image/jpeg

instance of

photograph

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Camera manufacturerNIKON CORPORATION
Camera modelNIKON D3S
Exposure time1/500 sec (0.002)
F-numberf/10
ISO speed rating200
Date and time of data generation10:52, 22 July 2011
Lens focal length48 mm
OrientationNormal
Horizontal resolution240 dpi
Vertical resolution240 dpi
Software usedGIMP 2.6.8
File change date and time10:15, 15 August 2011
Exposure ProgramShutter priority
Exif version2.21
Date and time of digitizing10:52, 22 July 2011
Shutter speed8.965784
APEX aperture6.643856
Exposure bias0
Maximum land aperture3 APEX (f/2.83)
Metering modePattern
Light sourceUnknown
FlashFlash did not fire
DateTime subseconds73
DateTimeOriginal subseconds73
DateTimeDigitized subseconds73
Color spacesRGB
Sensing methodOne-chip color area sensor
Custom image processingNormal process
Exposure modeAuto exposure
White balanceAuto white balance
Digital zoom ratio1
Focal length in 35 mm film48 mm
Scene capture typeStandard
ContrastNormal
SaturationNormal
SharpnessNormal
Subject distance rangeUnknown

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