Photo #: STS008-48-2514 Date: na 1983 Geographic Region: AUSTRALIA-WA Feature: LAKE BLANCHE, LAKE AULD |
STS008-48-2514 Lake Auld Area, Western Australia, Australia September 1993 Percival Lakes, the U-shaped series of dry lakes (white reflective surfaces), captured in this image of the Great Sandy Desert is located in north-central West Australia. Several of the larger dry lakes have names such as Lake Blanche (elongated most westerly lake; Lake Winifred; Lake George; and Lake Auld (larger most easterly lake). These lakes are intermittent and contain standing water on rare occasions. The surrounding landscape consists of sandy ridges and sand dunes that support a shrubland/grassland environment. The blotchy pattern results from fire scars of different ages. The climate is classified as arid tropical and when rainfall does occur it comes primarily during the summer months. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 265k |
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Mission: | STS008 |
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Roll - Frame: | 48 - 2514 |
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Geographical Name: | AUSTRALIA-WA |
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Features: | LAKE BLANCHE, LAKE AULD |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 22.5S x 123.5E |
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Film Exposure: | N | N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus |
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: | 0 |
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Camera:: | HB |
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Camera Tilt: | LO | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
Camera Focal Length: | 250 |
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Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West |
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Stereo?: | Y | Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't |
Orbit Number: | 95 |
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Date: | 1983____ | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | GMT HHMMSS |
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Nadir Lat: | N |
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Nadir Lon: | E |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
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Space Craft Altitude: | nautical miles |
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Sun Elevation: | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
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Land Views: | DESERT |
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Water Views: | PLAYA |
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Photo is not associated with any sequences |
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