Photo #: STS056-109-33 Date: Apr. 1993 Geographic Region: USA-TEXAS Feature: LAGUNA MADRE |
STS056-109-033 South Texas Coastal Plain, Texas, U.S.A. April 1993 Evident in this color infrared photograph is the flatness of the south Texas coastal plain with sand dunes, sandy soils covered by scrubby trees and grass (darker areas), tidal flats, and some lighter rectangular field patterns. Visible are the southern end of the Intracoastal Waterway, identified by linear deposits of dredged material near the shoreline of the mainland, and Laguna Madre, which separates Padre Island from the mainland of south Texas. Because of blowing sands, two other features--a dredged channel perpendicular to Padre Island (left edge) and a section of the dredged Brownsville Ship Channel (upper right corner)--require constant dredging to keep the channels open for shipping. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 393k |
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Mission: | STS056 |
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Roll - Frame: | 109 - 33 |
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Geographical Name: | USA-TEXAS |
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Features: | LAGUNA MADRE |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 26.5N x 97.5W |
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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: | 32 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
Camera Focal Length: | 250 |
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Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | E | 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: | 39 |
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Date: | 19930410 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 151708 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 26.6N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 99.2W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 101 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 161 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 39 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
Land Views: | COAST, PLAIN |
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Water Views: | LAGOON, GULF |
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Photo is not associated with any sequences |
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