Photo #: STS028-76-59 Date: Aug. 1989 Geographic Region: USA-SOUTH DAKOTA Feature: MISSOURI RIVER |
STS028-076-059 Fort Randall Dam; Lake Francis Case, South Dakota, U.S.A. August 1989 Visible in this southeast-looking, low-oblique photograph are Fort Randall Dam, which was completed in 1952, and Lake Francis Case. Approximately 150 miles (242 kilometers) long, Lake Francis Case is used for hydroelectric power, agricultural irrigation flood control, and recreation. Agricultural field patterns are discernible on either side of the lake. Long, linear Lake Andes, northeast of Fort Randall Dam, occupies a valley eroded near the end of the last ice age by glacier meltwater. The lake, whose level is maintained by rainfall and two artesian wells, has been set aside as a National Wildlife Refuge. To the south lies the Niobrara River Valley of northern Nebraska. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 417k |
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Mission: | STS028 |
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Roll - Frame: | 76 - 59 |
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Geographical Name: | USA-SOUTH DAKOTA |
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Features: | MISSOURI RIVER |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 43.0N x 99W |
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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: | 53 | 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: | 220744 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 43.5N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 102.5W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 251 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 163 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 41 | 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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