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Northeast Africa and the Arabian Peninsula Target Name:   Earth Spacecraft:   Galileo Produced by:   NASA/JPL Copyright:  NASA Copyright Free Policy Cross Reference:   PIA00127 Date Released:  1996-01-29 Related Document Earth Introduction Download Options Name Type Width x Height Size arabian.jpg JPEG 466 x 467 22K PIA00127.tif TIFF 987 x 987 1M This image of northeast Africa and the Arabian Peninsula was taken from an altitude of about 500,000 kilometers (300,000 miles) by the Galileo spacecraft on December 9, 1992, as it left Earth en route to Jupiter. Visible are most of Egypt (left of center), including the Nile Valley; the Red Sea (slightly above center); Israel; Jordan, and the Arabian Peninsula. In the center, below the coastal cloud, is Khartoum, at the confluence of the Blue Nile and the White Nile. Somalia (lower right) is partly covered by clouds.

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