Photo #: STS034-84-36 Date: Oct. 1989 Geographic Region: JAPAN Feature: KYUSHU |
STS034-084-036 Kyushu Island, Japan October 1989 The rugged physiography of Japan is captured in this low-oblique, north-looking photograph that shows most of Kyushu Island, Japan's southernmost large island. Much of Japan is mountainous and steep-sloped, geologically young, earthquake prone, and volcanic. Only about 18 percent of Japan's land is usable for human habitation; available arable land for farming is also at a premium. This photograph confirms the lack of habitable space--the extensive darker green areas are hills and mountains; many of the regions have peaks that exceed 3000 feet (915 meters). Highly reflective urban areas appear primarily along the coast and in some valleys. Mount Sakura-jima, located on a peninsula in Kagoshima Bay, has almost daily, and sometimes explosive, eruptions; its ash plume is visible in this photograph. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 130k |
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Mission: | STS034 |
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Roll - Frame: | 84 - 36 |
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Geographical Name: | JAPAN |
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Features: | KYUSHU |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 31.5N x 131.0E |
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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: | 30 |
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Camera:: | HB |
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Camera Tilt: | 45 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
Camera Focal Length: | 100 |
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Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | N | 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: | 54 |
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Date: | 19891022 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 010347 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 28.5N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 131.6E |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 140 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 180 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 41 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
Land Views: | COAST, ISLAND, VOLCANO, FOREST, PENINSULA, MOUNTAIN |
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Water Views: | BAY, ESTUARY |
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Atmosphere Views: | SMOKE, PLUME |
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Man Made Views: | URBAN AREA |
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City Views: | |
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Photo is not associated with any sequences |
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