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LOCATION Direction Photo #: ISS061-E-77729 Date: Dec. 2019
Geographic Region: CANADA
Feature: HUDSON BAY, MOON


 
Frozen Moonrise

An astronaut took this photograph of a full Moon rising over a frigid Hudson Bay in northern Canada. Looking north from the International Space Station, Earth’s horizon gradually fades into the darkness of polar night.

The winter scene reveals icy shorelines and frozen landscapes under thin, wrinkled clouds. The small villages and towns along these shores in Manitoba Province receive just 6 to 7 hours of sunlight each day in December. A bit farther north, the Sun will not rise above the horizon again until January. This photo, taken around 1 p.m. local time, shows just how little sunlight reaches northern Canada during a winter day.

In October 2019, ice began to form as it usually does on northern Hudson Bay. As seasonal temperatures dropped and the hours of sunlight decreased, fast ice attached to the western shores of Hudson Bay and began spreading further south. Once frozen, Hudson Bay becomes a key habitat for migrating polar bears, which spend much of their time on the ice until it starts to melt again around June.



Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 247k
Mission: ISS061  
Roll - Frame: E - 77729
Geographical Name: CANADA  
Features: HUDSON BAY, MOON  
Center Lat x Lon: 59.5N x 88W
Film Exposure:   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 50
 
Camera:: N8
 
Camera Tilt: HO   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 50  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: NE   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: 20191212   YYYYMMDD
Time: 184833   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 50.7N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 93.6W  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 190   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 219   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 16   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: MOON  
Water Views: BAY, ICE  
Atmosphere Views: CLOUDS, NIGHT  
Man Made Views:  
City Views:  

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