Agriculture In Turkmenistan Viewed From Space

Whereas observing from the Worldwide Area Station (ISS), an astronaut took this {photograph} of a part of the Karakum Desert in Turkmenistan.
The dark-toned crops–primarily wheat and cotton–stand out towards the light-toned sand dunes. This space of intensively farmed soil occupies fan-shaped panorama options referred to as the Murgab and Tedzhen followers.

Agricultural fields occupy greater than 200 kilometers (120 miles) of the massive Murgab fan. The cityscape of Mary stands amidst the fields.

The crops, and the individuals of Mary, want water on this desert, and it’s channeled from two sources. The primary is the Kopet Dagh Mountains (simply outdoors the picture, decrease proper). The outstanding Murgab River carries water down from the mountains to the fan, and a community of smaller canals lead it far into the desert (prime left). The neighboring irrigated Tedzhen fan can be fed by water from the Kopet Dagh.

The second supply is the lengthy Karakum Canal, which attracts water from the most important river within the area, the Amu Darya (outdoors the picture, prime proper). Practically 250 kilometers (155 miles) of the canal seems on this picture. At 1375 kilometers (854 miles), the Karakum Canal is likely one of the largest on this planet and is navigable over a lot of its size.

A photo voltaic panel on the Cygnus NG-15 resupply automobile seems within the foreground alongside the underside of the picture. Close to the highest, scattered puffy clouds solid darkish shadows on the desert.

Astronaut {photograph} ISS065-E-111045 was acquired on June 13, 2021, with a Nikon D5 digital digicam utilizing a focal size of 1150 millimeters. It’s offered by the ISS Crew Earth Observations Facility and the Earth Science and Distant Sensing Unit, Johnson Area Heart. The picture was taken by a member of the Expedition 65 crew. The picture has been cropped and enhanced to enhance distinction, and lens artifacts have been eliminated. The Worldwide Area Station Program helps the laboratory as a part of the ISS Nationwide Lab to assist astronauts take photos of Earth that will probably be of the best worth to scientists and the general public, and to make these photographs freely out there on the Web. Further photographs taken by astronauts and cosmonauts will be considered on the NASA/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Pictures of Earth. Caption by Justin Wilkinson, Texas State College, JETS Contract at NASA-JSC.

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