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			Photo #: STS062-98-158 Date: Mar. 1994 Geographic Region: USA-CALIFORNIA Feature: MERCED, RES., AGRICULTURE, VALLEY



	STS062-098-158 San Joaquin Valley, Lake McClure, and Don Pedro Reservoir, California, U.S.A. March 1994 The agriculturally rich San Joaquin Valley is captured in this low-oblique, north-northeast-looking photograph. The boundary is distinct between agricultural field patterns of the valley and the grass- and scrub-covered alluvial fan, which becomes more tree covered as the altitude of the Sierra Nevada Mountains increases. Two large reservoirs--broader and more northerly Don Pedro Reservoir, fed and drained by the Tuolumne River, and narrower and more southerly Lake McClure, fed and drained by the Merced River--modify the valley's water flow for drinking water and crop irrigation. The higher Sierra Nevada Mountains are visible to the east.

Images:	All Available Images Low-Resolution 352k
Mission:	STS062
Roll - Frame:	98 - 158
Geographical Name:	USA-CALIFORNIA
Features:	MERCED, RES., AGRICULTURE, VALLEY
Center Lat x Lon:	37.5N 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:	HB
Camera Tilt:	24	LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length:	250
Nadir to Photo Center Direction:	SW	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:	130
Date:	19940312	YYYYMMDD
Time:	163255	GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat:	38.4N	Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon:	119.2W	Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth:	117	Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude:	160	nautical miles
Sun Elevation:	26	Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views:	VALLEY, MOUNTAIN
Water Views:	LAKE
Atmosphere Views:
Man Made Views:	AGRICULTURE
City Views:

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