Photo #: STS033-73-54 Date: Nov. 1989 Geographic Region: AUSTRALIA-Q Feature: COOPER CREEK |
STS033-073-054 Cooper Creek, Queensland, Australia November 1989 Cooper Creek, one of many ephemeral rivers that flow across the central drainage basins of southwestern Queensland and southeastern Northern Territory, flows only after infrequent, prolonged, heavy rains. Most of the rivers, like the generally south-flowing Cooper Creek, traverse a landscape that has little local relief and terrain elevations that rarely exceed 200 feet (61 meters). The arid climate, coupled with very flat relief, promotes the development of extensive, braided streambeds and broad floodplains. The darker area shows the channeling or streamlining through the scrubby vegetation and some algae development within the floodplain. Because of the arid environment, evaporation plays a major role in water loss throughout this region of Australia. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 149k |
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Mission: | STS033 |
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Roll - Frame: | 73 - 54 |
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Geographical Name: | AUSTRALIA-Q |
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Features: | COOPER CREEK |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 27.5S x 141.5E |
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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: | 20 |
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Camera:: | HB |
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Camera Tilt: | 15 | 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: | 15 |
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Date: | 19891123 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 224013 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 27.1S |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 140.4E |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 96 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 265 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 39 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
Land Views: | BASIN, DESERT, PLAIN |
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Water Views: | RIVER, DELTA |
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