Photo #: STS048-616-32 Date: Sep. 1991Geographic Region: AUSTRALIA-Q
Feature: MORNINGTON ISLAND, COASTLINE
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Photo #: STS048-616-32 Date: Sep. 1991 Geographic Region: AUSTRALIA-Q Feature: MORNINGTON ISLAND, COASTLINE |
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| STS048-616-032 Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia September 1991 Mornington Island, the large island off the northwest coast of Queensland, is one of several that make up the group known as the Wellesley Islands. These islands are located along the southern end of the Gulf of Carpentaria. Ninety-five percent of Mornington Island's population is Aboriginal. The general topography of the island is flat with the maximum elevation of 500 feet (150 meters). Several creeks and rivers converge (darker, dendritic pattern) near the coast (lower right) to form a sandy delta, immediately south of Bentinck Island (second largest island in scene). A significant band of brownish sediment can be seen hugging most of the coastline in the image. |
| Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 276k |
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| Mission: | STS048 |
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| Roll - Frame: | 616 - 32 |
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| Geographical Name: | AUSTRALIA-Q |
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| Features: | MORNINGTON ISLAND, COASTLINE |
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| Center Lat x Lon: | 17S x 139.5E |
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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: | 49 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
| Camera Focal Length: | 250 |
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| Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | N | 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: | 50 |
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| Date: | 19910916 | YYYYMMDD |
| Time: | 051300 | GMT HHMMSS |
| Nadir Lat: | 22.5S |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Nadir Lon: | 137.6E |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Sun Azimuth: | 269 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
| Space Craft Altitude: | 307 | nautical miles |
| Sun Elevation: | 32 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
| Land Views: | ISLAND, COAST |
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| Water Views: | GULF, SEDIMENT |
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