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Eye in the sky: Columbus camera beams back first images of Earth

Posted Mar 13, 2008 at 11:54AM by Charles D. Listed in: International Space Station, News Tags: NASA, International Space Station
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Images taken from the Earth Viewing Camera on the European Columbus - Image 2Images taken from the Earth Viewing Camera on the European Columbus - Image 1


If you look up in the sky right now, chances are that the Earth Viewing Camera (EVC) is looking down at you. The recently installed-orbiting camera on the International Space Station has recently sent back its first batch of pictures, which showed several close-up shots of the Earth from its perspective.

The image shown above depicts an area close to the Aleutian Islands in the north Pacific, which was taken last March 7. The second image was taken by the EVC showing a dimly illuminated cloud covered region taken a day before that.

The idea for the EVC was first brought up by Carlo Gavazzi Space in 2003, when it proposed the attaching of a digital camera on one of the external platforms on Columbus. This project saw its completion when NASA astronauts docked with the International Space Station and installed the EVC on its starboard side during a spacewalk last February 15.

Columbus sweeps around the Earth once every 90 minutes. With the Station's orbital path inclined at 52 degrees to the equator, the EVC can scan areas all the way from England to the southern tip of South America - covering the most populated areas in the world.

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