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  Image: Geographic Location Direction Photo #: STS028-97-85 Date: Aug. 1989
Geographic Region: USA-ALASKA
Feature: ALSEK R, ST. ELIAS MTNS.

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  STS028-097-085 Saint Elias Mountains, Alaska, U.S.A. August 1989
The northwest-southeast-oriented Saint Elias Mountains appear slightly inland from the coast and are the major landform in this photograph. This area of glaciated terrain lies immediately southeast of the large Malaspina Glacier (not discernible in this photograph). Visible are low stratus clouds off the coast, a light blue sediment plume at the mouth of the Alsek River, and a variety of medial moraines (darker lines created by the debris carried by glaciers as they move through the valleys). Apparent in the photograph are several large, U-shaped valleys at the top and Cape Fairweather, the protrusion of land along the right edge.
 
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Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 346k
Mission: STS028  
Roll - Frame: 97 - 85
Geographical Name: USA-ALASKA  
Features: ALSEK R, ST. ELIAS MTNS.  
Center Lat x Lon: 59.0N x 138.5W
Film Exposure: N   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 20
 
Camera: HB
 
Camera Tilt: 43   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 250  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: NE   The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West
Stereo?: Y   Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't
Orbit Number: 38  
 
Date: 19890810   YYYYMMDD
Time: 204553   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 57.0N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 140W  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 166   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 161   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 48   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: MOUNTAIN, GLACIER  
Water Views: SEDIMENT, RIVER  
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