NASA Photo ID: STS052-152-047     File Name: 10065356.gif 
 
Film Type: 4x5 inch               Date Taken: 11/01/92 
 
Title: Summer Monsoon, Kalahari Desert, Africa 
 
Description: 
 
The Kalahari Desert in southern Africa (28.0S, 26.0E) had not experienced  
significant rainfall for several months until the onset of the summer 
monsoon as illustrated by the several large thunderheads peaking above the 
storm      clouds.  The summer monsoon, with its associated thunderstorms, 
generally  lasts from November through March and contributes almost all of 
the annual  rainfall to this environmentally sensitive region.