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			Photo #: STS040-609-40 Date: Jun. 1991 Geographic Region: USA-CALIFORNIA Feature: SIERRA NEVADA, TAHOE LK.



	STS040-609-040 Sierra Nevada Mountains and Lake Tahoe, California, U.S.A. June 1991 The Central Valley, the snowcapped Sierra Nevada Range, and Lake Tahoe are visible in this synoptic, low-oblique, east-looking photograph. The Central Valley's numerous agricultural fields trend north-south. Sacramento and Stockton (near the bottom center of the photograph) are visible. The forested Sierra Nevada Mountains trend north-northwest-south-southeast. The forested areas are part of the Tahoe, El Dorado, and Stanislaus National Forests. Centrally located is Lake Tahoe, a large depression-filled lake within the Sierra Nevadas. Viewing clockwise from Pyramid Lake at the top center of the photograph are Walker Lake and part of Mono Lake.

Images:	All Available Images Low-Resolution 381k
Mission:	STS040
Roll - Frame:	609 - 40
Geographical Name:	USA-CALIFORNIA
Features:	SIERRA NEVADA, TAHOE LK.
Center Lat x Lon:	39.0N x 120W
Film Exposure:	N	N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP:	0
Camera:	RX
Camera Tilt:	LO	LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length:	100
Nadir to Photo Center Direction:		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:	199106__	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:	MOUNTAIN, FAULT, VALLEY, BASIN
Water Views:	LAKE
Atmosphere Views:
Man Made Views:	AGRICULTURE
City Views:

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