NASA's Earth Observatory featured an astronaut photograph of the San Juan River's entrenched meanders, known as goosenecks, in southern Utah. The image was taken from the International Space Station on October 6, 2026, with a Nikon Z9 digital camera at a 400-millimeter focal length by a member of the Expedition 75 crew.

The observatory said the river once crossed a flatter plain before geologic forces lifted the Colorado Plateau, steepening the river's gradient and intensifying erosion. In Goosenecks State Park, the river runs through a canyon about 300 meters deep, and in one section it covers 8.9 kilometers between two points only 2.1 kilometers apart in a straight line. The park received an International Dark Sky Park designation in 2021.

The photograph was provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations Facility and the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit at NASA's Johnson Space Center. NASA said the image was cropped and enhanced for contrast, with lens artifacts removed. The observatory also noted that the Northern Taurids, Southern Taurids and Leonids meteor showers peak during November 2026.