Photo #: STS035-76-62 Date: Dec. 1990Geographic Region: AUSTRALIA-WA
Feature: COAST-EIGHTY MILE BEACH
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Photo #: STS035-76-62 Date: Dec. 1990 Geographic Region: AUSTRALIA-WA Feature: COAST-EIGHTY MILE BEACH |
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| STS035-076-062 Eighty Mile Beach, Western Australia, Australia December 1990 The coastal region in this image is the central part of Eighty Mile Beach. The beach and the surrounding mudflats and marshes are one of the most important migratory stop-over areas for shorebirds in East Asia and Australia and is included in the list of RAMSAR sites. The unpolluted waters off the beach host some of the world's richest pearl beds. The actual beach width averages about 328 feet (100 meters), with a tidal range of about 20 feet (6 meters). Inland from the coast the sandy plains and ridges (parallel bands of alternating light and dark streaks) are covered by an assortment of grasses. |
| Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 294k |
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| Mission: | STS035 |
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| Roll - Frame: | 76 - 62 |
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| Geographical Name: | AUSTRALIA-WA |
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| Features: | COAST-EIGHTY MILE BEACH |
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| Center Lat x Lon: | 19.5S x 121.0E |
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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: | 1 |
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| Camera:: | HB |
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| Camera Tilt: | 35 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
| Camera Focal Length: | 250 |
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| Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | W | 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: | 94 |
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| Date: | 19901208 | YYYYMMDD |
| Time: | 053117 | GMT HHMMSS |
| Nadir Lat: | 19S |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Nadir Lon: | 123.1E |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Sun Azimuth: | 256 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
| Space Craft Altitude: | 187 | nautical miles |
| Sun Elevation: | 63 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
| Land Views: | COAST, DUNE |
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| Water Views: | SWAMP |
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