English: This astronaut photograph illustrates the remains of a giant iceberg—designated A22A— that broke off Antarctica in 2002. The iceberg was photographed at a location of 49.9 degrees south latitude, 23.8 degrees west longitude, which is about a third of the distance from South America towards Cape Town, South Africa. A22A is one of the largest icebergs to drift as far north as 50 degrees south latitude, bringing it beneath the daylight path of the International Space Station (ISS). Crew members aboard the ISS were able to locate the ice mass and photograph it, despite the great masses of clouds that often accompany winter storms in the Southern Ocean. The crew’s viewing angle was oblique (not looking straight down) from a point to the west of the berg, and the time of day was early afternoon, as shown by the orientation of the cloud shadows. Dimensions of A22A in early June were 49.9 by 23.4 kilometres, giving it an area of 622 square kilometres, or seven times the area of Manhattan Island.

ISS Crew Earth Observations: ISS015-E-10125

Identification
Mission	ISS015 (Expedition 15)
Roll	E
Frame	10125
Country or Geographic Name	ATLANTIC OCEAN
Features	A22A ICEBERG, SMALL ICEBERGS
Center Point Latitude	-48.8° N
Center Point Longitude	-24.0° E
Camera
Camera Tilt	43°
Camera Focal Length	180 mm
Camera	Kodak DCS760C Electronic Still Camera
Film	3060 x 2036 pixel CCD, RGBG array.
Quality
Percentage of Cloud Cover	26-50%
Nadir What is Nadir?
Date	2007-05-30
Time	14:46:44
Nadir Point Latitude	-50.5° N
Nadir Point Longitude	-21.8° E
Nadir to Photo Center Direction	Northwest
Sun Azimuth	340°
Spacecraft Altitude	181 nautical miles (335 km)
Sun Elevation Angle	16°
Orbit Number	799