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LOCATION Direction Photo #: STS035-76-65 Date: Dec. 1990
Geographic Region: AUSTRALIA-WA
Feature: COAST-ROEBUCK BAY


IMAGE
 
STS035-076-065 Roebuck Bay, Western Australia, Australia December 1990
The tropical marine embayment of Roebuck Bay includes 33 foot (10 meter) tides, mangrove forests (narrow dark bands that parallel the coast and border the reddish, upland region), and a large expanse of intertidal mudflats (gray region along the coast). The intertidal mudflats of Roebuck Bay and the surrounding coasts offers one of the best places in the world to view numerous species of migratory wader birds. Even though tourism is not the major source of income for the city yet, the local pearl industry is being challenged by the increasing annual tourist traffic through the region.


Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 282k
Mission: STS035  
Roll - Frame: 76 - 65
Geographical Name: AUSTRALIA-WA  
Features: COAST-ROEBUCK BAY  
Center Lat x Lon: 18S x 122.5E
Film Exposure: N   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 1
 
Camera:: HB
 
Camera Tilt: 30   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 250  
 
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  
 
Date: 19901208   YYYYMMDD
Time: 053136   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 18.5S  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 124.2E  
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: 62   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: COAST, PLAIN  
Water Views: BAY  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views:  
City Views:  

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