File:Ar Rub’ al Khali Sand Sea, Arabian Peninsula.JPG

Summary

Description	English: This astronaut photograph highlights a part of the Ar Rub’ al Khali near its south-eastern margin, in the Sultanate of Oman. Large, linear reddish-brown sand dunes alternate with inter-dune salt flats, or sabkhas. The long, linear dunes begin to break up into isolated large star dunes to the northeast and east (image right).
Date	16 May 2011
Source	NASA Earth Observatory
Author	ISS Expedition 27 crew

Camera location	19° 06′ 00″ N, 53° 12′ 00″ E	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap	19.100000; 53.200000

This image or video was catalogued by Johnson Space Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: ISS027-E-34290.

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Image acquired with a Nikon D3S digital camera using a 200 mm lens, and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, Johnson Space Center.

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Camera manufacturer	NIKON CORPORATION
Camera model	NIKON D3S
Exposure time	1/500 sec (0.002)
F-number	f/9
ISO speed rating	200
Date and time of data generation	13:21, 16 May 2011
Lens focal length	200 mm
Orientation	Normal
Horizontal resolution	300 dpi
Vertical resolution	300 dpi
Software used	GIMP 2.6.8
File change date and time	11:56, 31 May 2011
Exposure Program	Shutter priority
Exif version	2.21
Date and time of digitizing	13:21, 16 May 2011
Shutter speed	8.965784
APEX aperture	6.33985
Exposure bias	0
Maximum land aperture	3 APEX (f/2.83)
Metering mode	Spot
Light source	Unknown
Flash	Flash did not fire
DateTime subseconds	24
DateTimeOriginal subseconds	24
DateTimeDigitized subseconds	24
Color space	sRGB
Sensing method	One-chip color area sensor
Custom image processing	Normal process
Exposure mode	Auto exposure
White balance	Auto white balance
Digital zoom ratio	1
Focal length in 35 mm film	200 mm
Scene capture type	Standard
Contrast	Normal
Saturation	Normal
Sharpness	Normal
Subject distance range	Unknown

File:Ar Rub’ al Khali Sand Sea, Arabian Peninsula.JPG

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Expedition 27

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16 May 2011

coordinates of the point of view

19°6'0.000"N, 53°12'0.000"E

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Nikon D3S

catalog code

ISS027-E-34290

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image/jpeg

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4,256 pixel

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