Photo #: STS056-77-58 Date: Apr. 1993 Geographic Region: MEXICO Feature: MCALLEN,AGR.,FALCON RES. |
STS056-077-058 Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, U.S.A. April 1993 Featured in this photograph is the east-flowing Rio Grande as it disappears southeast of Falcon Reservoir, southeast of which is M. R. Gomez Reservoir on the Mexican side of the border. The highly reflective area on the United States side of the Rio Grande (middle of photograph) shows relatively large, rectangular cultivated fields that produce a variety of crops grown on the flat, fertile, irrigated fields on the Rio Grande floodplain and delta. The areas unsuitable for agriculture consist of dry, sandy soils; scrub trees; sparse grass; and cactus. Many sand dunes are covered by vegetation that stabilizes some of the sand. A small section of the Laguna Madre and South Padre Island are visible (upper right corner). |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 362k |
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Mission: | STS056 |
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Roll - Frame: | 77 - 58 |
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Geographical Name: | MEXICO |
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Features: | MCALLEN,AGR.,FALCON RES. |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 26.5N x 98.5W |
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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: | 19 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
Camera Focal Length: | 100 |
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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?: | Y | 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: | 151707 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 26.8N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 99.4W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 102 | 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: | RANGE, PLAIN |
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Water Views: | RIVER, RESERVOIR |
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Atmosphere Views: | |
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Man Made Views: | AGRICULTURE, HIGHWAY |
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City Views: | |
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Photo is not associated with any sequences |
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