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  Image: Geographic Location Direction Photo #: ISS052-E-20826 Date: Jul. 2017
Geographic Region: AUSTRALIA-WA
Feature: L. HAZLETT, L. WILLIS, GIBSON DESERT, GREAT SANDY DESERT

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  Lake Hazlett and Lake Willis

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station shot this photograph of Lake Willis and Lake Hazlett while flying over the Great Sandy Desert in Western Australia.

Hundreds of ephemeral salt lakes are peppered throughout the arid Australian Outback. When occasional flood waters pour into the lakebeds and then evaporate, they leave salt mineral deposits and create bright, expansive layers (evaporite deposits) that are readily visible from space. The reddish-brown linear sand dunes are slightly higher in elevation (1.5 to 3 meters, 5 to 10 feet) and align with the general east to west wind flow in the region.

Approximately 32 kilometers (20 miles) south of the lakes lies the fourth largest salt lake in Australia: Lake Mackay. The Pintubi tribe and other Australian Aborigine survived around these lakes for thousands of years in what is now called the Kiwirrkurra Community.

 
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Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 366k
Mission: ISS052  
Roll - Frame: E - 20826
Geographical Name: AUSTRALIA-WA  
Features: L. HAZLETT, L. WILLIS, GIBSON DESERT, GREAT SANDY DESERT  
Center Lat x Lon: 21.4S x 128.6E
Film Exposure:   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 0
 
Camera: N6
 
Camera Tilt: 29   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 1150  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: SE   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
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Date: 20170726   YYYYMMDD
Time: 074035   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 19.6S  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 127.6E  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 299   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 220   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 19   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
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