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			Photo #: STS085-710-48 Date: Aug. 1997 Geographic Region: CANADA-BC Feature: COLUMBIA RIVER



	STS085-710-048 Okanagan Lake, British Columbia, Canada August 1997 The northern half of Lake Okanagan (elongate bluish feature) is in the center of this east-looking oblique image. The checkered landscape east and west of Lake Okanagan (small, light colored angular patches) is a result of extensive timber clear-cutting. The valley is technically classified as a desert, receiving less than 10 inches (25 centimeters) of precipitation per year. The verges of the grassy area in the lower third of the image are sharply linear (hence the lighter, more uniform looking terrain at the bottom of the image). Nicola and Douglas Lakes are two of the smaller lakes near bottom center of the picture. The two thin converging lines (light colored) are power-line right of ways that have been cut through the heavily forested slopes. Part of the Space Shuttle orbiter can be seen in the lower left corner of the image.

Images:	All Available Images Low-Resolution 373k
Mission:	STS085
Roll - Frame:	710 - 48
Geographical Name:	CANADA-BC
Features:	COLUMBIA RIVER
Center Lat x Lon:	50.5N x 118W
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:	100
Nadir to Photo Center Direction:	E	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:	67
Date:	19970811	YYYYMMDD
Time:	181845	GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat:	51.2N	Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon:	124.2W	Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth:	134	Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude:	156	nautical miles
Sun Elevation:	46	Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views:	FOREST, MOUNTAIN, VALLEY
Water Views:	LAKE
Atmosphere Views:
Man Made Views:	DEFORESTATION
City Views:

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