NASA Photo ID: STS026-34-074      File Name: 10062982.jpg

Film Type: 70mm                   Date Taken: 10/03/88

Title: Aswan Dam, Lake Nassar, Nile River, Egypt

Description:

The Aswan Dam on the Nile River created the 500 kilometer long reservoir, 
seen here in sunglint.  Lake Nassar (23.5N, 33.0E) was designed to control 
the devestating floods and alleviate the famine-producing droughts which
have  plagued the region for millenia.  In Nov 81, as the lake was nearing 
capacity, drought conditions lowered the water level by about 30 meters
which  can clearly be seen as silt depositions on the receding eastern
shoreline.