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  Image: Geographic Location Direction Photo #: STS078-751-94 Date: Jun. 1996
Geographic Region: BRAZIL
Feature: AMAZON RIVER

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  STS078-751-094 Amazon River, Western Para Province, Brazil June 1996
This image shows the flooded condition of a small section of the Amazon River,including the jungle towns of Obidos and Oriximina. The sun's reflection off of the muddy looking river water, called sun glint or sunglitter, helps to identify land-water boundaries in this section of the Amazon River which is roughly midway between Manaus and the Amazon River Delta. By comparing this image to a detailed map of the area it is obvious that the river is flooding in the low lying areas that are adjacent to the floodplain of the main channel of the river. Large areas south of the main channel of the Amazon River are covered by standing water. Patches of cleared land can be identified within the densely vegetated terrain along the northeast side of the Amazon River. The main channel of the Rio Trombetas can be traced southeastward from the right edge of the picture until the river merges with the Amazon just west of the small jungle town of Obidos.
 
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Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 376k
Mission: STS078  
Roll - Frame: 751 - 94
Geographical Name: BRAZIL  
Features: AMAZON RIVER  
Center Lat x Lon: 2S x 55.5W
Film Exposure: N   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 20
 
Camera: HB
 
Camera Tilt: 15   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 250  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: NW   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: 147  
 
Date: 19960629   YYYYMMDD
Time: 175520   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 2.5S  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 55.1W  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 311   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 146   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 49   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: FOREST  
Water Views: RIVER, FLOODING  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views:  
City Views:  
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