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  Image: Geographic Location Direction Photo #: ISS066-E-77622 Date: Nov. 2021
Geographic Region: AUSTRALIA-T
Feature: ISLAND, CAPE PORTLAND, CLARKE ISLAND, CAPE BARREN ISLAND, LADY BARRON, WHITEMARK, LACKRANA, FLINDERS ISLAND, KILLIECRANKIE, WINGAROO, FURNEAUX GROUP, INNER SISTER ISLAND, SISTER ISLANDS CONSERVATION AREA, OUTER SISTER ISLAND, BASS STRAIGHT

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As the International Space Station (ISS) passed through the southernmost part of its cyclical orbit path, the Furneaux Islands (also known as the Furneaux Group) crossed into the field of view of a camera dedicated to Earth observation. The ISS External High-Definition Camera captured this view of the major islands of the eastern Bass Strait, which separates mainland Australia from Tasmania.

Named after British navigator Tobias Furneaux, the islands were first sighted by Europeans (but not visited) in 1773. Flinders, Cape Barren, and Clarke islands are the largest of more than 100 islands in the group.

The sparsely populated Flinders Island appears mostly two-toned from 400 kilometers (250 miles) above. Dark brownish scrub areas contrast with mottled green vegetated woodland and agricultural areas. Bright beaches outline the islands, and tidal sand banks are visible between them.

The Furneaux Group once formed the backbone of a land bridge between Tasmania and Victoria, Australia. That land bridge was submerged by rising sea levels at the end of the Earth's most recent ice age, with the topographic high points becoming islands.


 
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Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 388k
Mission: ISS066  
Roll - Frame: E - 77622
Geographical Name: AUSTRALIA-T  
Features: ISLAND, CAPE PORTLAND, CLARKE ISLAND, CAPE BARREN ISLAND, LADY BARRON, WHITEMARK, LACKRANA, FLINDERS ISLAND, KILLIECRANKIE, WINGAROO, FURNEAUX GROUP, INNER SISTER ISLAND, SISTER ISLANDS CONSERVATION AREA, OUTER SISTER ISLAND, BASS STRAIGHT  
Center Lat x Lon: 40S x 148.5E
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: 34   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 72  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: S   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: 20211110   YYYYMMDD
Time: 233846   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 37.5S  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 148.9E  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 64   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 228   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 55   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: ISLAND, ISLANDS  
Water Views: STRAIT  
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