Earth Observations

This unusual image was photographed through the Cupola on the International Space Station by one of the Expedition 30 crew members.
 
The lake just above the bracket-mounted camera at center is Egirdir Golu in Turkey, located at 38.05 degrees north latitude and 30.89 degrees east longitude. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft is docked to the station at lower right and part of the Permanent Multipurpose Module (PMM) can be seen just above it.
 
The photo was taken on Dec. 29, 2011.
 
Image Credit: NASA