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LOCATION Direction Photo #: STS028-83-26 Date: Aug. 1989
Geographic Region: CANADA-BC
Feature: KAMLOOPS, THOMPSON RIVER


IMAGE
 
STS028-083-026 Kamloops Area, British Columbia, Canada August 1989
Three colors dominate this near-vertical photograph of the mountainous area surrounding the urban area of Kamloops, a city with an estimated population of 70 000, in southern British Columbia, Canada. The green hues in the photograph show the heavily forested, rugged mountainous terrain. In marked contrast, the more highly reflective surfaces (tan areas) are areas where the vegetation cover has been removed. Within the green forests are many rectangular (checkerboard) patterns of lighter color where logging operations have clearcut the trees. The long, thin lines are power line rights-of-way where the vegetation has been removed. The dark blues are glacial lakes that are found in many of the valleys throughout this region. Kamloops is located at the confluence of the north and south branches of the Thompson River, which flows generally westward into the Fraser River. Kamloops is barely discernible at the eastern end of Kamloops Lake (west of center of the photograph) near the center of the nonforested area. In addition to being a resort center, the city is also a supply center for the mining and lumbering industries. A circular structure southwest of Kamloops appears to be an open pit, probably a copper mine.


Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 387k
Mission: STS028  
Roll - Frame: 83 - 26
Geographical Name: CANADA-BC  
Features: KAMLOOPS, THOMPSON RIVER  
Center Lat x Lon: 50.5N x 120W
Film Exposure: N   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 5
 
Camera:: HB
 
Camera Tilt: 22   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 100  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: SW   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: 51  
 
Date: 19890811   YYYYMMDD
Time: 161632   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 51.1N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 119.1W  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 107   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 161   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 33   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: MOUNTAIN, VALLEY, FOREST  
Water Views: LAKE, RESERVOIR, RIVER  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views: DEFORESTATION, DAM  
City Views:  

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