NASA Photo ID: STS032-97-084       File Name: 10063460.jpg
  Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 01/20/90
  Title: Internal Waves, Indian Ocean
  Description:
  This photograph, taken in sunglint conditions, captures open ocean internal 
  waves which are diffracting around shoals south of the Seychelle islands 
  (4.5S, 55.5E) and  recombining to form interference patterns.  The clouds
  to  the north of the waves cover two of the Seychelle islands: Silhouette
  and  Mahe.  Mahe is the main island of the archipelago.  The small rocky
  island  surrounded by reef around which the waves diffract is Platte
  Island.                   
  Subject terms:
  EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
  INTERNAL WAVES                          
  OCEAN CURRENTS                          
  OCEAN SURFACE                           
  OCEANS                                  
  STS-32                                  
  WAKES                                   
  WAVES                                   
  

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