Photo #: STS040-606-37 Date: Jun. 1991 Geographic Region: USA-CALIFORNIA Feature: LKS. TAHOE,PYRAMID,MONO |
STS040-606-037 Sierra Nevada Mountains and Lake Tahoe, California and Nevada, U.S.A. June 1991 Dark blue Lake Tahoe is featured in this synoptic, low-oblique, southeast-looking photograph. The snow-capped, forested high Sierra Nevadas are visible from bottom left to near upper right. Viewing clockwise from Lake Tahoe are light blue Pyramid Lake to the north-northeast; shallow, marshy Carson Sink and its irrigated agricultural regions; Walker Lake and Mono Lake, salt lakes with no outlets; and Sacramento, the gray area west-southwest. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 361k |
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Mission: | STS040 |
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Roll - Frame: | 606 - 37 |
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Geographical Name: | USA-CALIFORNIA |
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Features: | LKS. TAHOE,PYRAMID,MONO |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 39.0N x 120W |
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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:: | RX |
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Camera Tilt: | NV | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
Camera Focal Length: | 100 |
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Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West |
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Stereo?: | N | Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't |
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Date: | 199106__ | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | GMT HHMMSS |
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Nadir Lat: | N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | E |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
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Space Craft Altitude: | nautical miles |
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Sun Elevation: | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
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Land Views: | MOUNTAIN, FAULT, FOREST, VALLEY, BASIN |
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Water Views: | LAKE |
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Photo is not associated with any sequences |
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