STS060-103-089
May 31, 2011
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. February 1994 Snow cover in metropolitan Chicago, ice floes on parts of Lake Michigan, and ice along the lakeshore appear in this northeast-looking, low-oblique photograph. The Des Plains River flows southerly through Joliet, becomes the Illinois River south of Joliet, and eventually flows south-southwest into the Mississippi River. Discernible is the Fox River that flows northeastward through Aurora (bottom left).
Topics:
Environment, Kendall County, Illinois, Will County, Illinois, Illinois River, Des Plaines River, Joliet Union Station, Fox River, Kane County, Illinois, Joliet, Illinois, Chicago metropolitan area, Chicago River, Illinois
