Photo #: STS057-104-62 Date: Jun. 1993 Geographic Region: DEM. REP. OF CONGO Feature: LAKE KABAMBA |
STS057-104-062 Lake Upemba, Zaire June 1993 This striking photograph shows a series of dark freshwater lakes strung together in a general northeast-southwest alignment in southern Zaire. The brilliant red of the color infrared film indicates a vibrant growth of lush vegetation throughout the area, especially in the marshlands separating the lakes. The largest area of open water is Lake Upemba, bordered on the east and southeast by Upemba National Park; specific open water channels are visible within the densely vegetated swampland between the rivers. Water moves through the complex maze of rivers, freshwater marshes, and broad floodplains generally toward the north into the Lualaba River, which eventually becomes the Zaire (Congo) River. The Lufira River winds its way between two northeast-southwest-trending, low mountain ranges as it flows northward into the floodplain. (Refer to STS-057-104-063 for a photograph of Lake Mweru, located due east of Lake Upemba on the Zaire-Zambia border.) |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 123k |
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Mission: | STS057 |
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Roll - Frame: | 104 - 62 |
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Geographical Name: | DEM. REP. OF CONGO |
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Features: | LAKE KABAMBA |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 8S x 27.0E |
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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: | 6 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
Camera Focal Length: | 250 |
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Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | N | 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: | 107 |
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Date: | 19930628 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 103113 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 8.4S |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 27.1E |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 353 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 246 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 58 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
Land Views: | MOUNTAIN, FOREST, PLATEAU |
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Water Views: | RIVER, SWAMP, DELTA, LAKE |
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Photo is not associated with any sequences |
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