Photo #: STS055-82-67 Date: Apr. 1993Geographic Region: USA-HAWAII
Feature: PEARL AND HERMES REEF
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Photo #: STS055-82-67 Date: Apr. 1993 Geographic Region: USA-HAWAII Feature: PEARL AND HERMES REEF |
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| STS055-82-67 Pearl and Hermes Reef, Hawaii May 1993 Pearl and Hermes Reef, consisting of many small islets, can be seen in this beautiful, near-vertical-looking photograph. A lagoon is visible near the center of the photograph. This reef, like all of the Hawaiian Island chain, is volcanic in origin, having been born nearly 70 million years ago as the Pacific crustal plate gradually drifted northwest over a hot spot--a source of magma in the Earth's crust. As the volcanic island gradually moved away from the hot spot, erosion of the island began. The greatest portion of the original volcanic island that made up Pearl and Hermes Reef has long since eroded away. Today, the reef is a bird sanctuary. |
| Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 74k |
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| Mission: | STS055 |
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| Roll - Frame: | 82 - 67 |
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| Geographical Name: | USA-HAWAII |
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| Features: | PEARL AND HERMES REEF |
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| Center Lat x Lon: | 28.0N x 176W |
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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:: | HB |
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| Camera Tilt: | 17 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
| Camera Focal Length: | 250 |
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| Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | SW | 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: | 21 |
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| Date: | 19930427 | YYYYMMDD |
| Time: | 210320 | GMT HHMMSS |
| Nadir Lat: | 28.4N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Nadir Lon: | 175.3W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Sun Azimuth: | 103 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
| Space Craft Altitude: | 163 | nautical miles |
| Sun Elevation: | 51 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
| Land Views: | ATOLL |
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| Water Views: | OCEAN, LAGOON, REEF |
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