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What you are about to see is a never-seen photo of Lake of the Ozarks straight from outer space. Included at the end is a fun video a YouTuber made from her time at the Lake.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) snapped a photo of Lake of the Ozarks from the International Space Station this past summer.
From a distance of 251 miles above the Earth’s surface, the lake looks like some kind of many-tentacled invertebrate. It appears silvery in color against the green surrounding it.
According to a LakeExpo report:
The photo appears to include Lake Ozark, Bagnell Dam, and the Strip as well as a portion of the Main Channel (mile marker 1 through 16 with some of 8, 9, and 10 obscured).
The photo is a beautiful rendering of the Lake from above, showing the Lake’s water in pale grey and the surrounding forest in a dark green-blue. The highest quality photo that NASA has for download is detailed enough to show individual docks and the trails left behind by boats in the water (the boats themselves appear as small white specks)
The stunning images of Lake of the Ozarks were taken on June 23, 2021, by the Expedition 65 crew.
The ISS’s Expedition 65 crew, is composed of seven total American, French and Japanese astronauts, and Russian cosmonauts. Expedition 65 launched in April of this year and ended this past October.
As per NASA:
The crew’s mission was in part to carry out experiments around treatments for diseases here on Earth as well as around cotton root systems, which could help us identify types of plants that require less water and pesticides to flourish. They were also tasked with testing a portable ultrasound technology and installing new roll-out solar arrays.
You can see a gallery of images snapped by Expedition 65 crew members here.
Source: Fox2Now, lakeexpo,NASA
