Okinawa Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space Center. "The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth."
Combined two photos (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos/photo.pl?mission=STS043&amp;roll=608&amp;frame=45">NASA Photo ID : STS043-608-45</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos/photo.pl?mission=STS043&amp;roll=608&amp;frame=46">STS043-608-46</a>)