Photo #: STS040-74-71 Date: Jun. 1991Geographic Region: USA-TEXAS
Feature: SQUALLS-PROTR. CONV. CELLS
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Photo #: STS040-74-71 Date: Jun. 1991 Geographic Region: USA-TEXAS Feature: SQUALLS-PROTR. CONV. CELLS |
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| STS040-74-71 Thunderstorms, Upper Gulf Coast, Texas June, 1991 A number of large thunderstorms are visible crossing over the upper Texas Gulf Coast near Galveston Bay. Lake Anahuac (light brown, round feature) and the upper portion of Trinity Bay are discernible between the clouds near the center of the image. During the late spring and summer months, thunderstorms will build in the early morning hours out over the Gulf of Mexico and along the Texas coast. As the sun rises and warms the land and air to higher temperatures thunderstorms form and move inland during the mid to late morning hours. These scattered thunderstorms will progress inland 100 to 125 miles (160 to 210 km). In the evening the land will cool and thunderstorms will loose energy and dissipate. |
| Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 110k |
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| Mission: | STS040 |
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| Roll - Frame: | 74 - 71 |
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| Geographical Name: | USA-TEXAS |
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| Features: | SQUALLS-PROTR. CONV. CELLS |
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| Center Lat x Lon: | 30.0N x 95W |
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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: | 80 |
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| Camera:: | HB |
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| Camera Tilt: | LO | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
| Camera Focal Length: | 250 |
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| Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | S | 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: | 130 |
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| Date: | 19910613 | YYYYMMDD |
| Time: | 152935 | GMT HHMMSS |
| Nadir Lat: | 35.1N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Nadir Lon: | 93.9W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Sun Azimuth: | 96 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
| Space Craft Altitude: | 151 | nautical miles |
| Sun Elevation: | 52 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
| Land Views: | |
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| Water Views: | BAY |
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| Atmosphere Views: | THUNDERSTORM |
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| Man Made Views: | |
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| City Views: | |
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