Photo #: STS028-76-57 Date: Aug. 1989 Geographic Region: USA-SOUTH DAKOTA Feature: MISSOURI R., LAKE SHARPE |
STS028-076-057 Lake Sharpe, South Dakota, U.S.A. August 1989 Lake Sharpe and the big bend of the Missouri River are apparent in this east-looking, low-oblique photograph. Big Bend Dam is discernible just beyond the big bend of the river. Visible to the northwest are the Oahe Dam and Lake Oahe, built to provide hydroelectric power, flood control, irrigation for agriculture, and recreation. Circular-pivot irrigation field patterns are discernible east of the dam and along Lake Sharpe, especially near the big bend area of the lake. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 382k |
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Mission: | STS028 |
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Roll - Frame: | 76 - 57 |
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Geographical Name: | USA-SOUTH DAKOTA |
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Features: | MISSOURI R., LAKE SHARPE |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 44.0N x 100W |
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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: | 5 |
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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: | E | The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West |
Stereo?: | N | Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't |
Orbit Number: | 7 |
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Date: | 19890808 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 220722 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 44.4N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 103.9W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 249 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 163 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 42 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
Land Views: | PLAIN |
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Water Views: | RIVER, LAKE |
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Atmosphere Views: | |
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Man Made Views: | AGRICULTURE, DAM, PIVOT IRRIGATION |
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City Views: | |
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Photo is not associated with any sequences |
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