Aquarius SAC-D Launch. The Delta II rocket with it's Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft payload is seen as the service structure is rolled back. 9 June 2011, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The joint Aquarius/Satélite de Aplicaciones Cient’ficas (SAC)-D mission will map the salinity at the ocean surface, information critical to improving our understanding of two major components of Earth's climate system: the water cycle and ocean circulation. A unique, optimised and digitally enhanced version of an NASA image by senior NASA photographer Bill Ingalis / credit NASA

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Location: USA, California, Vandenberg Air Force Base
Photo credit: © NASA / digitaleye / Alamy / Afripics
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