Satellite: NOAA-15, one of NOAA's 850km-high (530 mile-high) Polar Orbiting satellites.
August 6, 2004; flyover beginning 7:39am EDT
The Appalachian Mountains.
The morning shadows, along with typical morning fog, make the Appalachian Mountains stand out in contrast to their surroundings.
This image shows the mountain range from its starting point in northwestern Georgia, all the way through the Pennsylvania countryside; the end of the chain in Maine is not shown in this image.
The yellow circle shows Radford, VA, where the HRPT (High Resolution Picture Transmission) antenna that pulled down this image is located on the roof of Curie Hall of Radford University.
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