Photo #: STS028-97-85 Date: Aug. 1989 Geographic Region: USA-ALASKA Feature: ALSEK R, ST. ELIAS MTNS. |
STS028-097-085 Saint Elias Mountains, Alaska, U.S.A. August 1989 The northwest-southeast-oriented Saint Elias Mountains appear slightly inland from the coast and are the major landform in this photograph. This area of glaciated terrain lies immediately southeast of the large Malaspina Glacier (not discernible in this photograph). Visible are low stratus clouds off the coast, a light blue sediment plume at the mouth of the Alsek River, and a variety of medial moraines (darker lines created by the debris carried by glaciers as they move through the valleys). Apparent in the photograph are several large, U-shaped valleys at the top and Cape Fairweather, the protrusion of land along the right edge. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 346k |
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Mission: | STS028 |
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Roll - Frame: | 97 - 85 |
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Geographical Name: | USA-ALASKA |
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Features: | ALSEK R, ST. ELIAS MTNS. |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 59.0N x 138.5W |
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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: | 20 |
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Camera:: | HB |
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Camera Tilt: | 43 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
Camera Focal Length: | 250 |
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Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | NE | The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West |
Stereo?: | Y | Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't |
Orbit Number: | 38 |
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Date: | 19890810 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 204553 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 57.0N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 140W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 166 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 161 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 48 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
Land Views: | MOUNTAIN, GLACIER |
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Water Views: | SEDIMENT, RIVER |
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