Photo #: STS060-83-28 Date: Feb. 1994 Geographic Region: USA-TEXAS Feature: SALT FLATS, EL CAPITAN, AGRICULTURE |
STS060-083-028 Salt Basin, Texas, U.S.A. February 1994 Featured in this photograph is the highly reflective, arid, west Texas Salt Basin. During wetter times these salt flats were water-filled lakes. Apparent are irrigated field patterns (center of photograph); dark, circular volcanic domes (laccoliths) west of the cultivated fields; and the southern extent of the Guadalupe Mountains, including El Capitan and Guadalupe Peak, the highest elevation in Texas [8751 feet (2667 meters) above sea level]. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 328k |
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Mission: | STS060 |
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Roll - Frame: | 83 - 28 |
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Geographical Name: | USA-TEXAS |
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Features: | SALT FLATS, EL CAPITAN, AGRICULTURE |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 31.5N x 105W |
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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: | 21 | 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: | 116 |
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Date: | 19940210 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 201057 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 31.7N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 103.8W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 200 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 192 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 42 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
Land Views: | DESERT, MOUNTAIN |
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Water Views: | PLAYA |
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Atmosphere Views: | |
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Man Made Views: | AGRICULTURE |
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City Views: | |
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Photo is not associated with any sequences |
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