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			Photo #: STS036-76-75 Date: Mar. 1990 Geographic Region: PAKISTAN Feature: MOUNTAINS, INDUS RIVER



	STS036-076-075 Makran Mountains, Pakistan March 1990 While the collision of the Australian-Indian Tectonic Plate and the Eurasian Plate created the Himalayan Mountains millions of years ago, the land masses on either side of this northward force formed the folded, generally north-south trending Makran, Kirthar, and Sulaiman Ranges along the western border of Pakistan shown in this high-oblique, southwest-viewing photograph. The gently arcing northern Sulaiman Range splits into two separate ranges--the north-south trending Kirthar Range immediately west of the Indus River floodplain and the Makran Range that arcs westward near the coast and extends into southeastern Iran. The Chagai Hills, a smaller east-west trending range separates two sandy western deserts and form the boundary between southern Afghanistan and southwestern Pakistan. A small segment of the Indus River and its broad floodplain are visible along the eastern edge of the photograph.

Images:	All Available Images Low-Resolution 84k
Mission:	STS036
Roll - Frame:	76 - 75
Geographical Name:	PAKISTAN
Features:	MOUNTAINS, INDUS RIVER
Center Lat x Lon:	28.5N x 67.5E
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:	HO	LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length:	100
Nadir to Photo Center Direction:	SW	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:	48
Date:	19900303	YYYYMMDD
Time:	061934	GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat:	33.4N	Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon:	71.4E	Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth:	155	Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude:	126	nautical miles
Sun Elevation:	47	Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views:	MOUNTAIN, VALLEY, DESERT, RANGE
Water Views:	RIVER
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