Photo #: STS056-152-52 Date: Apr. 1993Geographic Region: NEPAL
Feature: JHAWANI AREA,FOOTHILLS
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Photo #: STS056-152-52 Date: Apr. 1993 Geographic Region: NEPAL Feature: JHAWANI AREA,FOOTHILLS |
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| STS056-152-052 Himalayan Foothills and Valleys, Nepal April 1993 The brown area near the center of the photograph is a section of the east-west trending Himalayan foothills [average elevation of 2000 feet (610 meters)] with north-south flowing rivers and deep valleys. South of these foothills, the Tarai, a subtropical, fertile lowland, merges into part of the northern plains of the Ganges River in northern India. A small section of the southeast-flowing, multichanneled Gandak River of northeast India is visible near the southwestern corner of the photograph. Many oxbow lakes and meander scars northeast of the present watercourse denote the former stream channels for this river. A northwest-southeast canal pattern that looks like very narrow black lines traverses the plains. North of the foothills appear mountains with deeply incised river valleys and elevations ranging between 8000 and 9000 feet (2440 and 2740 meters) above sea level. Part of the capital, Kathmandu (estimated population of 385 000), is visible in a valley along the eastern edge of the photograph. Deforestation has removed approximately one-third of Nepal's alpine woodlands since the 1960s. Space Shuttle photography provides a tool to monitor and map land use change and the rate of deforestation. |
| Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 120k |
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| Mission: | STS056 |
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| Roll - Frame: | 152 - 52 |
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| Geographical Name: | NEPAL |
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| Features: | JHAWANI AREA,FOOTHILLS |
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| Center Lat x Lon: | 27.5N x 84.5E |
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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:: | LH |
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| Camera Tilt: | LO | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
| Camera Focal Length: | 250 |
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| Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West |
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| Stereo?: | Y | Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't |
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| Date: | 199304__ | YYYYMMDD |
| Time: | GMT HHMMSS |
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| Nadir Lat: | N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Nadir Lon: | E |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Sun Azimuth: | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
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| Space Craft Altitude: | nautical miles |
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| Sun Elevation: | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
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| Land Views: | PLAIN, MOUNTAIN, HILL, VALLEY, FOREST |
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| Water Views: | RIVER |
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| Atmosphere Views: | |
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| Man Made Views: | URBAN AREA, AGRICULTURE, DEFORESTATION |
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