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			Photo #: NM22-737-63 Date: Dec. 1996 Geographic Region: PARAGUAY Feature: R. PARANA, RES., HUZAINGO



	NM22-737-063 Yacyreta Dam, Argentina/Paraguay Winter/Spring 1997 The controversial Yacyreta Dam or Yacyreta hydroelectric project, named for an island in the Parana River, has been under construction since 1973. Additional engineering and environmental work remains before the project can be considered completed. The dam site is located west of Posadas, Argentina (city is not included in this picture) with Paraguay north of the reservoir and Argentina south of the reservoir. While the infrastructure of the two dam configuration is difficult to identify on this small-scale image, their actual locations can be ascertained by looking at the roughly triangular-shaped island in the Parana River (thin, slightly diagonal lines near top, center of the image). The 140 foot (43 meter) high Yacyreta Dam was built primarily to generate hydro-electricity for the shared benefit of Argentina and Paraguay. At the time that the photograph was acquired it appears that most of the reservoir has been filled and a considerable quantity of sediment can be observed in the reservoir. Wetlands exist on either side of the reservoir and the highly reflective, linear feature along the Paraguayan side of the image appears to be a levee.

Images:	All Available Images Low-Resolution 328k
Mission:	NM22
Roll - Frame:	737 - 63
Geographical Name:	PARAGUAY
Features:	R. PARANA, RES., HUZAINGO
Center Lat x Lon:	27.5S x 56.5W
Film Exposure:	N	N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP:	5
Camera:	HB
Camera Tilt:	LO	LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length:	100
Nadir to Photo Center Direction:	NW	The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West
Stereo?:	N	Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't
Orbit Number:
Date:	19961201	YYYYMMDD
Time:		GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat:	N	Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon:	E	Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth:		Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude:		nautical miles
Sun Elevation:		Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views:
Water Views:	RIVER, SEDIMENT
Atmosphere Views:
Man Made Views:	DAM
City Views:

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