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LOCATION Direction Photo #: ISS028-E-44433 Date: Sep. 2011
Geographic Region: KAZAKHSTAN
Feature: BIGACH IMPACT CRATER,AGRICULTURAL FIELDS,YEGIN-BULAK


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Bigach Impact Crater, Kazakhstan

Some meteor impact craters, like Barringer Crater in Arizona, are easily recognizable on the landscape due to well-preserved form and features. Other impact structures, such as Bigach Impact Crater in northeastern Kazakhstan are harder to recognize due to their age, modification by subsequent geologic processes, or even human alteration of the landscape.

At approximately 5 million years old, Bigach is a relatively young geologic feature; however active tectonic processes in the region have caused movement of parts of the structure along faults, leading to a somewhat angular appearance (image center).

The roughly circular rim of the 8 km in diameter structure is still discernable around the relatively flat interior in this astronaut photograph. In addition to modification by faulting and erosion, the interior of the impact structure has also been used for agricultural activities, as indicated by the presence of tan regular graded fields. Other rectangular agricultural fields are visible to the northeast and east. The closest settlement, Novopavlovka, is barely visible near the top of the image.


Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 286k
Mission: ISS028  
Roll - Frame: E - 44433
Geographical Name: KAZAKHSTAN  
Features: BIGACH IMPACT CRATER,AGRICULTURAL FIELDS,YEGIN-BULAK  
Center Lat x Lon: 48.6N x 82.0E
Film Exposure:   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 10
 
Camera:: N2
 
Camera Tilt: 31   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 180  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: W   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: 1390  
 
Date: 20110908   YYYYMMDD
Time: 095921   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 48.0N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 83.9E  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 246   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 202   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 28   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: CRATER, EROSION  
Water Views:  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views:  
City Views:  

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