NASA photos of the day: Jaw-Dropping!

ChamorroBible.org ^ | November 25, 2009 | NASA STS-129 astronaut; International Space Station (Expedition 21) astronaut(s)

[EnjoyingLife]

1. Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-129) high above Earth's rugged terrain, 25 November 2009 (4288 x 2846 pixels)

2. International Space Station over cloudy Earth, 25 November 2009 (4288 x 2846 pixels)

3. NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-129) high above the Mediterranean Sea, near the coast of Algeria, 25 November 2009 (4288 x 2846 pixels)

Photos and Captions Taken From 
http://ChamorroBible.org/gpw/gpw-200911.htm (#8, #9, #12) 

[rlmorel]

Thanks! Ping for later...

[Moonman62]

I love tech, but the ISS is as ugly as it gets.

[villagerjoel]

So who will be first to identify where those two land masses are using satellite maps?

[bravotu]

First Photo, Salt’n’Sea in California?

[6SJ7]

So who will be first to identify where those two land masses are using satellite maps?

Sheila Jackson Lee would tell you the first image is from the surface of Mars as Atlantis does a flyover.   ;-)

[villagerjoel]

Doesn’t count without a screen shot and/or link.

I did a quick scan of west coasts in the world, and haven’t come up with anything for the second photo...

[Yo-Yo]

Uglier than Mir?

[Alas Babylon!]

Well, since the third one is already identified in the description; "3. NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-129) high above the Mediterranean Sea, near the coast of Algeria, 25 November 2009 ", I'd say the first is somewhere over North Africa--the Sahara.

I gather the pictures where taken from the ISS after Atlantis undocked or right before they docked.

[NYer]

Absolutely beautiful! The remarkable thing about viewing earth from aloft is a sense of serenity. You would never know that mankind was at war below.

[OBXWanderer]

Sheila Jackson Lee would tell you the first image is from the surface of Mars as Atlantis does a flyover. ;

in a Kalifornia studio

[villagerjoel]

Reading is overrated.

[4Speed]

ping

[EnjoyingLife]

The 25 November 2009 photos were taken after NASA’s Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-129) had undocked from the International Space Station.

[Blue Collar Christian]

I can’t quite see my house from here...so I can’t get oriented.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

So who will be first to identify where those two land masses are using satellite maps?

The bottom one is near the coast of Algeria. That one's a no-brainer.

[danamco]

How did the get all that stuff up there in the first place?

[swatbuznik]

Watch out for that first step-—IT’S A LOO-LOO!!

[danamco]

How far up are they?

[villagerjoel]

I win my own competition!

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=algeria&ie=UTF8&hl=en&hq=&hnear=Algeria&ll=36.905294,6.925507&spn=0.108165,0.219727&t=h&z=13