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LOCATION Direction Photo #: STS052-102-103 Date: Oct. 1992
Geographic Region: EGYPT
Feature: LAKE NASSER, ASWAN DAM


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STS052-102-103 Aswan High Dam, Egypt October 1992
The Aswan High Dam, which was dedicated in 1971, impounded the water of the Nile River and created Lake Nasser, one of the world's largest artificial lakes, which extends into northern Sudan. The dam provides major benefits to Egypt--flood control for the Nile River; increased irrigable land area; and much needed hydroelectric power (about 40 percent of the country's electricity). The dam has also created a problem--the amount of silt that formerly replenished the cultivated farmlands downstream is no longer carried to the lower reaches of the Nile River and delta. The differences in general topography and surface composition on either side of the Nile River are apparent. The west bank of the river in this hot, desert climate appears to be more sandy with a few low escarpments and hills; whereas, the east bank has a more rugged appearance with rock outcrops, escarpments, and several well-entrenched, intermittently flowing stream channels (wadis). An airport runway is immediately west of the dam.

Lake Nasser, (24.0N, 33.0E) at the Aswan High Dam on the Nile River, in Egypt is the world's second largest artificial lake, extending 500 km, in length and about 5000 sq. km. in area. The lake has a storage capacity sufficient to irrigate farms in Egypt and Sudan year round allowing up to three harvests per year. Other benefits include year round river navagation, hydroelectric power, more fish harvests, reduced flooding and more industrial employment. opportunites.


Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 132k
Mission: STS052  
Roll - Frame: 102 - 103
Geographical Name: EGYPT  
Features: LAKE NASSER, ASWAN DAM  
Center Lat x Lon: 24.0N x 33.0E
Film Exposure: N   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 0
 
Camera:: HB
 
Camera Tilt: 36   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: 60  
 
Date: 19921026   YYYYMMDD
Time: 100441   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 23.2N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 34.7E  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 196   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 158   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 53   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: DESERT, PLATEAU, ESCARPMENT  
Water Views: RIVER, LAKE  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views: AIRPORT, DAM  
City Views:  

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