Photo #: ISS065-E-22937 Date: May 2021 Geographic Region: USA-WYOMING Feature: BIGHORN RIVER |
Folds of the Bighorn Basin The Bighorn River flows through much of north-central Wyoming and southern Montana, cutting through the rugged and angular terrain of the Bighorn Basin. Red rocks and complex geology are distinctive features of this physiographic region. The semi-arid climate creates a sparsely vegetated environment where dramatic geologic structures are easily identified from space and from the ground. An astronaut onboard the International Space Station (ISS) looked westward to take this photo, capturing the shadows from the local sunrise. Along the right side of this image, the Bighorn River is almost hidden amid the mountains due to the shadows cast into Sheep Canyon. Located in Wyoming's Rocky Mountains, Bighorn Basin is a large, oval-shaped depression and home to many rivers and geologic formations. This photo is centered on the Sheep Mountain anticline, a type of fold that forms due to compressional stress on rock layers. Geologic structures like this anticline are found throughout the Bighorn Basin and many are associated with oil and gas reservoirs. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 201k |
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Mission: | ISS065 |
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Roll - Frame: | E - 22937 |
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Geographical Name: | USA-WYOMING |
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Features: | BIGHORN RIVER |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 44.6N x 108.2W |
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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: | 17 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
Camera Focal Length: | 1150 |
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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 |
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Date: | 20210506 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 132319 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 44.4N |
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Nadir Lon: | 107.1W |
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Sun Azimuth: | 81 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 224 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 15 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
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Photo is not associated with any sequences |
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