Photo #: STS058-73-83 Date: Oct. 1993Geographic Region: USA-CALIFORNIA
Feature: SIERRA NEV. MTS,OWENS L.
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Photo #: STS058-73-83 Date: Oct. 1993 Geographic Region: USA-CALIFORNIA Feature: SIERRA NEV. MTS,OWENS L. |
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| STS058-073-083 Sierra Nevada Mountains and Owens Lake, California, U.S.A. October 1993 The massive Sierra Nevada Mountains and the east-facing slopes of the smaller and lower Inyo Mountains show similar erosional patterns. These surfaces, coupled with the deep, faulted river valleys throughout this section of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, give this photograph a three-dimensional quality. The Owens River Valley fault extends north-south. Owens Lake, now almost dry, is the highly reflective, roughly oval feature to the south. Landscape elevations vary from approximately 4000 feet (1220 meters) above sea level in the Owens Valley to more than 13 500 feet (4115 meters) in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Mount Whitney, at 14 495 feet (4415 meters), is visible immediately northwest of Owens Lake in the higher, snow-covered Sierra Nevada Mountains. |
| Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 338k |
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| Mission: | STS058 |
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| Roll - Frame: | 73 - 83 |
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| Geographical Name: | USA-CALIFORNIA |
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| Features: | SIERRA NEV. MTS,OWENS L. |
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| Center Lat x Lon: | 36.5N x 118W |
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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: | LO | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
| Camera Focal Length: | 250 |
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| Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | W | 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: | 19 |
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| Date: | 19931019 | YYYYMMDD |
| Time: | 180500 | GMT HHMMSS |
| Nadir Lat: | 36.2N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Nadir Lon: | 113.7W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Sun Azimuth: | 155 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
| Space Craft Altitude: | 156 | nautical miles |
| Sun Elevation: | 40 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
| Land Views: | MOUNTAIN, FAULT, VALLEY |
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| Water Views: | PLAYA |
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