Photo #: ISS063-E-40313 Date: Jul. 2020 Geographic Region: USA-HAWAII Feature: WAIKAPU, MAALAEA |
Maui, the second largest island within the Hawaiian Island/Emperor Seamount Chain, hosts one of the largest wind farms in the state. All 34 operational wind turbines of the Kaheawa Wind Power I and II facilities are visible in this photograph taken by an astronaut from the International Space Station (ISS). The wind farm lies to the south of a golf course, agricultural fields, and the small town of Waikapu. All stand at the foot of Pu'u Kukui, a large mountain peak in the Mauna Kahalawai (West Maui Mountains) that is dense with vegetation. Descending a little over half a mile (1 kilometer) down the southeast side of Pu'u Kukui, the turbine field powers 10 to 15 percent of Maui's yearly electric power usage. After solar power, wind energy is Hawaii's second-most used renewable energy resource. Aiming to provide renewable energy while protecting local bird and bat species, Kaheawa was the first wind farm in the United States to implement a habitat conservation plan. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 509k |
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Mission: | ISS063 |
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Roll - Frame: | E - 40313 |
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Geographical Name: | USA-HAWAII |
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Features: | WAIKAPU, MAALAEA |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 20.8N x 156.6W |
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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:: | N8 |
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Camera Tilt: | 53 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
Camera Focal Length: | 1600 |
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Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | S | 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: | 20200706 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 184708 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 25.6N |
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Nadir Lon: | 157.6W |
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Sun Azimuth: | 80 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 224 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 38 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
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