Photo #: ISS008-E-18202 Date: Mar. 2004Geographic Region: ATLANTIC OCEAN
Feature: PAN-AFRICA DUST STORM, CLOUDS
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Photo #: ISS008-E-18202 Date: Mar. 2004 Geographic Region: ATLANTIC OCEAN Feature: PAN-AFRICA DUST STORM, CLOUDS |
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| Central Africa Dust Storm: This image was taken from the International Space Station on March 8, 2004, from a position about 1400 kilometers off the coast of Mauritania (about 600 kilometers west of the Cape Verde Islands). Looking northwest, this image shows the dusty Saharan airmass in the lower third of the view, with clear air beyond a marked northeast-trending boundary. The dust is blowing west southwest, parallel to the front--a common trajectory during northern winters. The width of the dust column was about 1800 kilometers, of which only 200 kilometers is seen here. |
| Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 35k |
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| Mission: | ISS008 |
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| Roll - Frame: | E - 18202 |
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| Geographical Name: | ATLANTIC OCEAN |
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| Features: | PAN-AFRICA DUST STORM, CLOUDS |
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| Center Lat x Lon: | N x E |
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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: | 50 |
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| Camera:: | E4 |
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| Camera Tilt: | HO | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
| Camera Focal Length: | 35 |
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| Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West |
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| Stereo?: | Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't |
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| Orbit Number: | 2250 |
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| Date: | 20040308 | YYYYMMDD |
| Time: | 100831 | GMT HHMMSS |
| Nadir Lat: | 14.8N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Nadir Lon: | 31.7W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Sun Azimuth: | 103 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
| Space Craft Altitude: | 198 | nautical miles |
| Sun Elevation: | 25 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
| Land Views: | COAST |
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| Water Views: | FRONT |
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| Atmosphere Views: | DUST |
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| Man Made Views: | |
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| City Views: | WINTERS |
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