Earth - Gemini 6A
The As Sudd swamp, Sudan, on the Earth
Gemini 6 photograph of As Sudd in the upper Nile province
of the Sudan. Sudd is Arabic for barrier. This region is
the world's biggest swamp; it is larger than the state of
Pennsylvania. The White Nile flows into the labyrinth
of marshes and papyrus grass and loses over 80 percent of
its volume before emerging. The bright area near the lower
left-center is the reflection of the Sun.
The image is about 500 km across and north is up.
(Gemini 6A, S65-63161)
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