File:Douglas DC-8 over Mint Canyon-California.jpg

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NASA DC-8 airborne laboratory flying over Mint Canyon and the Sierra Pelona Mountains in the foreground, and the snow-covered San Gabriel Mountains in the distance, in Los Angeles County, Southern California.

  • The mostly white aircraft is silhouetted against the darker mountains in the background.
  • NASA used a DC-8 aircraft as a flying science laboratory. The platform aircraft, was based at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif., collected data for many experiments in support of scientific projects serving the world scientific community. Included in this community were NASA, federal, state, academic and foreign investigators.
  • Data gathered by the DC-8 at flight altitude and by remote sensing has been used for scientific studies in archeology, ecology, geography, hydrology, meteorology, oceanography, volcanology, atmospheric chemistry, soil science and biology.
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Source Photo Number: EC98-44428-003
Author NASA Photo by: Carla Thomas
This image or video was catalogued by Armstrong Flight Research Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: EC98-44428-003.

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current19:21, 24 March 2008Thumbnail for version as of 19:21, 24 March 20082,535 × 2,003 (4.35 MB)Finavoncaption cropped
14:00, 14 January 2007Thumbnail for version as of 14:00, 14 January 20072,535 × 2,400 (4.34 MB)Uwe W.DC-8 Airborne Laboratory in flight over Mint Canyon near the San Gabriel Mountains Photo Number: EC98-44428-003<br> Photo Date: February 20, 1998 Formats: 529x480 JPEG Image (110 KBytes)<br> 1128x1023 JPEG Image (533 KBytes)<br> 3000x2722 JPEG Imag
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