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LOCATION Direction Photo #: ISS027-E-6501 Date: Mar. 2011
Geographic Region: PACIFIC OCEAN
Feature: CENTER OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM, ANOTHER LOW UPPER LEFT CORNER


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Low Pressure System in View, Eastern North Pacific

From one of the six trapezoidal windows in the International Space Station (ISS) cupola, the astronauts have a field of view covering an area equal to the length of California, and as wide as from the California coast to central Colorado. The cyclonic vortex visible in this image from the cupola occurred within a large area of low pressure over the eastern north Pacific extending along the entire coast of California to Vancouver Island, Canada.

This vigorous low pressure system is located to the south of a weaker system (see image ISS027-E-6500), and has started to occlude--a process associated with separation of warm air from the cyclone's center at the Earth's surface. This image shows the arc of strong convection beyond the center of the low pressure, formed as the low occludes when the cold front overtakes the warm front. This occurs around more mature low pressure areas, later in the process of the system's life-cycle.

The cupola is a panoramic control center for the ISS; it is a dome-shaped module with windows designed for observing and guiding robotic operations outside of the Station. Part of one of the ISS solar panel arrays is visible outside the cupola at image upper left. The 360 degree view not only provides viewing for operating the robotic workstation but also for observing the Earth and celestial bodies.


Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 142k
Mission: ISS027  
Roll - Frame: E - 6501
Geographical Name: PACIFIC OCEAN  
Features: CENTER OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM, ANOTHER LOW UPPER LEFT CORNER  
Center Lat x Lon: 36.0N x 134W
Film Exposure:   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 100
 
Camera:: N5
 
Camera Tilt: HO   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 16  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: NW   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
Orbit Number: 2686  
 
Date: 20110320   YYYYMMDD
Time: 001949   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 29.6N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 130.4W  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 249   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 188   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 32   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: COAST, ISLAND  
Water Views: FRONT  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views:  
City Views:  

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