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			Photo #: STS073-711-47 Date: Oct. 1995 Geographic Region: USA-CALIFORNIA Feature: CHINA LAKE, RUNWAYS, AGR.



	STS073-711-47 China Lake, California, U.S.A. October 1995 Although most of the desert landscape in this photograph features rugged mountains (dark brown) and intermittent basins, several features indicate human activity--the street pattern for the desert town of China Lake; two triangular airfields, one north and one west; and center-pivot irrigation patterns to the northwest. To the east is highly reflective Searles Lake, made up of layers of sand, silt, and salt almost 1000 feet (305 meters) thick. The layers are mined for borax and various salts. The irregular browns to the north are exposed lava beds.

Images:	All Available Images Low-Resolution 316k
Mission:	STS073
Roll - Frame:	711 - 47
Geographical Name:	USA-CALIFORNIA
Features:	CHINA LAKE, RUNWAYS, AGR.
Center Lat x Lon:	35.5N x 117.5W
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:	22	LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length:	250
Nadir to Photo Center Direction:	W	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:	101
Date:	19951026	YYYYMMDD
Time:	182258	GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat:	35.2N	Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon:	116.6W	Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth:	158	Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude:	144	nautical miles
Sun Elevation:	40	Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views:	DESERT
Water Views:	PLAYA
Atmosphere Views:
Man Made Views:	AIRPORT
City Views:

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