Photo #: STS038-84-72 Date: Nov. 1990Geographic Region: REPUBLIC SOUTH AFRICA
Feature: ELANDSRIVER
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Photo #: STS038-84-72 Date: Nov. 1990 Geographic Region: REPUBLIC SOUTH AFRICA Feature: ELANDSRIVER |
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| STS038-084-072 Pilanesberg Mountains, South Africa November 1990 This near-vertical photograph has a prominent circular physiographic feature near its center--the Pilanesberg Mountains. With a maximum elevation of 5535 feet (1685 meters) above sea level, these mountains are located approximately 75 miles (120 kilometers) northwest of Pretoria in northeastern South Africa. Other physiographic features are elevated roughly 2000 feet (610 meters) above the surrounding terrain. The mountains are part of a highly mineralized region where diamonds, platinum, chrome, uranium, and tin are mined. The small rural town of Rustenburg, with an estimated population 30 000, is barely visible south of the Pilanesberg Mountains and east of the linear mountains that are also south of the Pilanesbergs. The eastward-flowing Elands River can be seen immediately south of the Pilanesbergs. In addition to the mining activity, this region produces such crops as fruits, tobacco, and cotton. Most climatologists place this region in a semiarid, steppe classification, where rainfall amounts generally do not exceed 20 inches (50 centimeters) annually. |
| Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 215k |
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| Mission: | STS038 |
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| Roll - Frame: | 84 - 72 |
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| Geographical Name: | REPUBLIC SOUTH AFRICA |
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| Features: | ELANDSRIVER |
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| Center Lat x Lon: | 25.5S x 27.0E |
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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: | 0 |
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| Camera:: | HB |
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| Camera Tilt: | 19 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
| Camera Focal Length: | 100 |
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| Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | NW | 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: | 52 |
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| Date: | 19901119 | YYYYMMDD |
| Time: | 044334 | GMT HHMMSS |
| Nadir Lat: | 25.9S |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Nadir Lon: | 27.7E |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Sun Azimuth: | 103 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
| Space Craft Altitude: | 140 | nautical miles |
| Sun Elevation: | 19 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
| Land Views: | BASIN, ESCARPMENT, MOUNTAIN, PLATEAU |
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| Water Views: | RIVER, RESERVOIR |
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| Atmosphere Views: | |
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| Man Made Views: | DAM |
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