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			Photo #: STS090-729-71 Date: Apr. 1998 Geographic Region: USA-ARIZONA Feature: PAN-LAKE POWELL, L. MEAD



	STS090-729-071 Colorado River Valley, Arizona, USA April 1998 This photograph shows a panoramic view of the Colorado River as it makes its way southwesterly towards the Gulf of California (upper left corner of image). Lake Powell and Lake Mead (dark, irregular shaped features left of center) help to identify the winding course of the Colorado River as it cuts through the elevated, desert landscape. The higher elevations of the Colorado Plateau northwest of the river are snow covered; while the Painted Desert southeast of the river is not. On its journey to the gulf the Colorado River is forced to detour around a key landmark, the triangular shaped Kaibab Plateau, that shows some covering of snow near the center of the photograph.

Images:	All Available Images Low-Resolution 324k
Mission:	STS090
Roll - Frame:	729 - 71
Geographical Name:	USA-ARIZONA
Features:	PAN-LAKE POWELL, L. MEAD
Center Lat x Lon:	37.0N x 112W
Film Exposure:	N	N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP:	10
Camera:	HB
Camera Tilt:	HO	LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length:	40
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:	98
Date:	19980423	YYYYMMDD
Time:	193932	GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat:	38.6N	Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon:	109.8W	Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth:	192	Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude:	134	nautical miles
Sun Elevation:	64	Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views:	VALLEY, DESERT, MOUNTAIN
Water Views:	RIVER, LAKE
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