Photo #: ISS065-E-31198 Date: May 2021 Geographic Region: CHINA Feature: TONGQI HARBOR, XINCUN HARBOR, GANGMEN HARBOR, LINGSHUI PORT |
The Fish Farms of Hainan Island Situated in the South China Sea, the large island of Hainan is China's southernmost province, spanning approximately 339,000 hectares (1,300 square miles). This photograph, taken by an astronaut onboard the International Space Station (ISS), focuses on the landscape around Gangmen Harbor and captures many typical characteristics of Hainan: forested mountain terrain juxtaposed with dense populations. Cleared lands show up with bright orange and red soils that owe their color to the oxidation of iron-rich sediments. The coasts are lined with tropical beaches, while the inner bays are lined with floating fishing villages often built in a grid-like patterns in shallow waters. Lingshui Li Autonomous County, at the south end of Hainan, sustains a large nomadic sea community. China is already a world leader in wild catch fish production, and fish farming is rapidly expanding. China grows nearly 60 percent of the world's farmed fish, particularly for carp and tilapia. These aquaculture sites are often paired with fishing ports (such as Gangmen) that provide efficient transport for fish, machinery, and construction materials needed to sustain aquacultural production. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 473k |
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Mission: | ISS065 |
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Roll - Frame: | E - 31198 |
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Geographical Name: | CHINA |
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Features: | TONGQI HARBOR, XINCUN HARBOR, GANGMEN HARBOR, LINGSHUI PORT |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 18.4N x 110.0E |
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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: | 25 |
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Camera:: | N8 |
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Camera Tilt: | 29 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
Camera Focal Length: | 1150 |
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Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | N | 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: | 20210509 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 002426 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 16.3N |
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Nadir Lon: | 110.0E |
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Sun Azimuth: | 79 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 227 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 30 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
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