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			Photo #: STS062-109-73 Date: Mar. 1994 Geographic Region: AUSTRALIA-Q Feature: GREAT ARTESIAN BASIN



	STS062-109-073 Diamantina River, Queensland, Australia March 1994 The numerous tributaries of the upper reaches of the Diamantina River show a series of dendritic stream patterns, as this ephemeral river drains southwest (towards the bottom of the picture) across the Great Artesian Basin in central Queensland. Most of this northeast-looking, low oblique view shows an eroded landscape, especially west of the Diamantina River. The river floodplain widens and becomes multi-braided channels in the lower right corner of the image. Even though this region is considered at best semiarid, the unusual greenish hues of extensive grasslands indicate that good rains had fallen in parts of the Great Artesian Basin with its pastoral economy.

Images:	All Available Images Low-Resolution 332k
Mission:	STS062
Roll - Frame:	109 - 73
Geographical Name:	AUSTRALIA-Q
Features:	GREAT ARTESIAN BASIN
Center Lat x Lon:	N x E
Film Exposure:	N	N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP:	0
Camera:	HB
Camera Tilt:	LO	LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length:	250
Nadir to Photo Center Direction:		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:	186
Date:	19940316	YYYYMMDD
Time:	050021	GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat:	25S	Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon:	138.3E	Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth:	303	Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude:	140	nautical miles
Sun Elevation:	52	Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views:	DESERT, BASIN
Water Views:	RIVER
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