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LOCATION Direction Photo #: STS052-94-75 Date: Oct. 1992
Geographic Region: USA-HAWAII
Feature: NIIHAU


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STS052-094-075 Niihau, Hawaii, U.S.A. October 1992
Niihau, part tableland and part low coral formation, has its highest elevation, 1281 feet (390 meters), along the eastern side of the island. Infrared film, on which green vegetation is portrayed in shades of red, indicates a considerable amount of vegetation throughout the island. Two lakes appear in the southern third of the island. Kaulakahi Channel separates Niihau from the western side of Kauai.


Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 251k
Mission: STS052  
Roll - Frame: 94 - 75
Geographical Name: USA-HAWAII  
Features: NIIHAU  
Center Lat x Lon: 22.0N x 160W
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: 27   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 250  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: N   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: 100  
 
Date: 19921028   YYYYMMDD
Time: 221134   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 20.7N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 160.3W  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 174   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 157   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 56   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: ISLAND  
Water Views:  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views:  
City Views:  

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