Photo #: STS056-109-34 Date: Apr. 1993Geographic Region: USA-TEXAS
Feature: LAGUNA MADRE, PT. ISABEL
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Photo #: STS056-109-34 Date: Apr. 1993 Geographic Region: USA-TEXAS Feature: LAGUNA MADRE, PT. ISABEL |
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| STS056-109-034 South Texas Coastal Plain, Texas, U.S.A. April 1993 Apparent in this photograph are the Brownsville Ship Channel, extending southwest into the mainland from the Gulf of Mexico, and the east-west-oriented Rio Grande that defines the United States-Mexico border. Most of the land north of Brownsville is used for irrigated agriculture, and Brownsville is obscured by vegetation; however, the bluish-appearing Mexican city of Matamoros (right center ) has much less vegetation. Padre Island and other sandy barrier islands help form Laguna Madre north of the Brownsville Ship Channel. The spoil banks along the western side of Laguna Madre were created by dredging the Intracoastal Waterway. The diverse landscape near the coast consists of tidal flats, lakes, sand dunes, and sandy soils covered by vegetation. |
| Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 345k |
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| Mission: | STS056 |
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| Roll - Frame: | 109 - 34 |
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| Geographical Name: | USA-TEXAS |
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| Features: | LAGUNA MADRE, PT. ISABEL |
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| Center Lat x Lon: | 26.0N x 97W |
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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: | 151721 | GMT HHMMSS |
| Nadir Lat: | 25.9N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Nadir Lon: | 98.7W |
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: | 40 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
| Land Views: | COAST, PLAIN |
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| Water Views: | GULF, CHANNEL, LAGOON |
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| Atmosphere Views: | |
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| Man Made Views: | URBAN AREA |
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