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  Image: Geographic Location Direction Photo #: ISS052-E-56016 Date: Aug. 2017
Geographic Region: USA-CALIFORNIA
Feature: MT. SHASTA, KLAMATH MOUNTAINS

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  Mount Shasta, California

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station captured these images of Mount Shasta while orbiting over northern California at different times of the year. Mt. Shasta is a stratovolcano made of alternating layers of lava and ash from previous eruptions. It is nestled within the wilderness of Shasta-Trinity National Forest and is a part of the Cascade Range.

Fog fills the valleys of the Klamath Mountains while Mt. Shasta stands above the clouds. Beyond the mountain lies the northeasternmost extent of California, where the Great Basin Desert meets the Cascade Range. At a height of 4,322 meters (14,180 feet) above sea level, Mt. Shasta is typically snowcapped year-round. The photo was taken in August 2017, when much of the snowpack had melted away. In comparison, this photo of the mountain's peak was taken in April 2018 and shows a much greater snowpack on the mountain, with less rock visible.

Mt. Shasta is an active volcano that has erupted at least once per 800 years for the past 10,000 years, with an increased eruption frequency of about once per 250 years over the past 750 years. The region around Mt. Shasta is susceptible to lava and pyroclastic flows, lahars (mudflows), avalanches, and earthquakes. Lahars pose a significant hazard in the river valleys near the mountain, which can act as conduits for gravity-driven mudslides. Though the risk of hazards around Mt. Shasta are well known, people have not been deterred from enjoying outdoor activities such as skiing and mountaineering on this rugged "fourteener" mountain peak.

 
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Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 56k
Mission: ISS052  
Roll - Frame: E - 56016
Geographical Name: USA-CALIFORNIA  
Features: MT. SHASTA, KLAMATH MOUNTAINS  
Center Lat x Lon: 41.5N x 121.9W
Film Exposure:   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 25
 
Camera: N6
 
Camera Tilt: HO   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 380  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: E   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: 20170821   YYYYMMDD
Time: 181556   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 40.2N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 131.1W  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 119   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 216   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 46   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
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