Photo #: ISS057-E-55414 Date: Oct. 2018 Geographic Region: USA-MONTANA Feature: PAN- WYOMING, BLACK HILLS, FLATHEAD FOREST, MISSOULA, MOON |
Missouri Plateau An astronaut shot this oblique photograph of the Missouri Plateau, where the Rocky Mountains meet the Great Plains of central-northwest United States. Across the scene, six national forests and grasslands stand at higher elevations in Montana, Wyoming, and South Dakota. Toward the horizon, the Missouri River is faintly visible snaking across North Dakota. The Missouri Plateau is a gently sloping region that rises above the flatter plains. The lighter brown areas of land in the photo are deeply cut by braided rivers, and the land is often utilized for livestock pastures and farming. The western part of the plateau avoided glacial erosion during the most recent ice age. This prevented the Missouri Plateau from being flattened like the North Dakota plains beyond the Missouri River. The Black Hills of South Dakota stand out in stark contrast to the surrounding plains. Some of the rocks in those hills are 2.5 billion years old. A combination of Laramide tectonics (65 million years ago) and the erosion of younger sedimentary rock layers created and exposed the Black Hills. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 1015k |
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Mission: | ISS057 |
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Roll - Frame: | E - 55414 |
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Geographical Name: | USA-MONTANA |
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Features: | PAN- WYOMING, BLACK HILLS, FLATHEAD FOREST, MISSOULA, MOON |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 46.0N x 109W |
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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:: | N6 |
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Camera Tilt: | HO | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
Camera Focal Length: | 68 |
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Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | E | 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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Date: | 20181019 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 220629 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 47.1N |
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Nadir Lon: | 120.8W |
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Sun Azimuth: | 218 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 217 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 25 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
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