Photo #: ISS007-E-7388 Date: Jun. 2003Geographic Region: PERU
Feature: COLCA RIVER, OCONA RIVER, AGR.
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Photo #: ISS007-E-7388 Date: Jun. 2003 Geographic Region: PERU Feature: COLCA RIVER, OCONA RIVER, AGR. |
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| Some of the deepest canyons in the world cut west to the Pacific from the high crest of the Andes Mountains in Peru. This dramatic image taken from the International Space Station provides a birds-eye view down the canyons of the Rio Camana and the Rio Ocona. The low early morning sun highlights the extreme topography created by rapidly uplifting mountains and powerful water erosion by water dropping nearly 10,000 feet (more than 3000 m) in this view. At the edge of the image is the snowy flanks of Nevado Coropuna, the highest mountain in the Cordillera Occidental (6613 meters) The coastal plane provides a small area for cultivating crops. The coastal region near the city of Camana suffered extensive damage from a tsunami in 2001 (//www.usc.edu/dept/tsunamis/peru01/web%20pages/peru01_camana.html). |
| Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 59k |
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| Mission: | ISS007 |
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| Roll - Frame: | E - 7388 |
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| Geographical Name: | PERU |
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| Features: | COLCA RIVER, OCONA RIVER, AGR. |
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| Center Lat x Lon: | 16S x 72.5W |
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| Film Exposure: | N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus |
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| Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: | 10 |
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| Camera:: | E4 |
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| Camera Tilt: | 53 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
| Camera Focal Length: | 180 |
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| 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=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't |
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| Orbit Number: | 2058 |
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| Date: | 20030614 | YYYYMMDD |
| Time: | 123520 | GMT HHMMSS |
| Nadir Lat: | 13.5S |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Nadir Lon: | 68.5W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Sun Azimuth: | 58 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
| Space Craft Altitude: | 211 | nautical miles |
| Sun Elevation: | 21 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
| Land Views: | EROSION, MOUNTAIN |
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