NASA ISS: WORF Image - British Columbia mountains

A test photo of British Columbia's snow-capped west coast mountains is the first official image taken from the International Space Station’s new Window Observational Research Facility (WORF).

The test photo, designated ISS EarthKAM Image Winter 2011 #9362, is of an area of British Columbia, Canada, just north of Vancouver Island

The image was taken to test the functionality of the control computer and camera associated with EarthKAM, an educational outreach project that allows Earth bound middle school students to take pictures of our home planet from the unique perspective of the space station, 220 miles above the Earth's surface.

WORF was delivered to the station on the STS-131 mission of space shuttle Discovery in April 2010.

Image credit: NASA