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  Image: Geographic Location Direction Photo #: ISS039-E-14821 Date: Apr. 2014
Geographic Region: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Feature: L. BAIKAL, ICE, SMOKE

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  Lake Baikal ice melts, Russia

In this late afternoon shot, the crew aboard the International Space Station looked back toward the setting sun and captured the hook-shaped southern half of Lake Baikal in eastern Russia. Most of the lake is covered with dull gray ice. The brightest point in the center of the image is the reflection of the sun's rays off a small zone of open water where the ice has begun to melt. Broken ice masses appear adjacent to the sunglint point. The sun's rays are also reflected off the water surface of the straight Angara River, the main outlet of the lake.

Lake Baikal is 636 km long (395 mi). It is the deepest lake in the world and holds the largest amount of fresh water. Individual smoke plumes arc away from the north shore (image top left). Large smoke palls from wildfires appear image upper right.
 
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Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 230k
Mission: ISS039  
Roll - Frame: E - 14821
Geographical Name: RUSSIAN FEDERATION  
Features: L. BAIKAL, ICE, SMOKE  
Center Lat x Lon: 51.9N x 105.3E
Film Exposure:   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 25
 
Camera: N5
 
Camera Tilt: HO   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 145  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: W   The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West
Stereo?:   Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't
Orbit Number:  
 
Date: 20140422   YYYYMMDD
Time: 095538   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 51.4N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 115.9E  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 274   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 222   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 13   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views:  
Water Views: ICE, LAKE, RIVER, SUNGLINT  
Atmosphere Views: SMOKE  
Man Made Views:  
City Views:  
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