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LOCATION Direction Photo #: ISS038-E-57827 Date: Feb. 2014
Geographic Region: USA-ARKANSAS
Feature: ARKANSAS R., MEANDER LAKES, LITTLE ROCK


IMAGE
 
Arkansas River, Arkansas, USA

From the International Space Station more than 400 km (250 miles) above the surface of the Earth, the arcs of dark meander lakes were the focus of the astronaut's eye when this image was taken. The Arkansas River appears lower right. Winding roads of part of suburban Little Rock, Arkansas, appear lower left. Highway 40 crosses the left side of the image, under a smudge of high cloud.

The image shows the point where the Arkansas River enters the wide flats of the Mississippi River floodplain. Unconfined by valley walls, the Arkansas is free to move across the floodplain. The meander lakes show the exact position of prior courses of the Arkansas at different times in the past. Meanders are known to migrate constantly, a behavior also revealed by successive positions of levees which appear as fine lines and represent ancient river banks (image left center and top center). Most of the land surface shown in the image was therefore part of the river course and its levees at some time in the past. The river is now controlled to prevent such movement which can undercut bridge abutments--such as those of the bridge lower right. Many locks allow barge traffic to operate as far inland as Tulsa, Oklahoma. One such lock lies just outside the view lower right. The Arkansas River is the sixth longest in the United States--rising far to the west in the Sawatch Range in the Rocky Mountains.


Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 204k
Mission: ISS038  
Roll - Frame: E - 57827
Geographical Name: USA-ARKANSAS  
Features: ARKANSAS R., MEANDER LAKES, LITTLE ROCK  
Center Lat x Lon: 34.8N x 92.2W
Film Exposure:   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 10
 
Camera:: N4
 
Camera Tilt: 11   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 1000  
 
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
Orbit Number:  
 
Date: 20140221   YYYYMMDD
Time: 190304   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 35.4N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 91.8W  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 194   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 222   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 43   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views:  
Water Views: RIVER  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views: BRIDGE, HIGHWAY  
City Views: LITTLE ROCK  

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