Photo #: STS062-81-65 Date: Mar. 1994 Geographic Region: USA-LOUISIANA Feature: MOUTH OF MISS. R., SED. |
STS062-081-065 Bird's Foot Delta, Mississippi River, Louisiana, U.S.A. March 1994 A constant supply of sediment ensures the dramatic growth into the Gulf of Mexico of the Mississippi River "bird's foot" delta. To ensure that the river is navigable by large, oceangoing vessels, jetties have been built on the westward-projecting main channel through the delta, whose shape changes daily. Because of heavy silting throughout the delta, constant dredging is required to keep the main channel open for ships traveling to New Orleans and beyond. The distance from the southern tip of the delta to the Port of New Orleans is 90 miles (144 kilometers). |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 272k |
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Mission: | STS062 |
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Roll - Frame: | 81 - 65 |
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Geographical Name: | USA-LOUISIANA |
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Features: | MOUTH OF MISS. R., SED. |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 29.5N x 89.5W |
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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: | 5 |
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Camera:: | HB |
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Camera Tilt: | 42 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
Camera Focal Length: | 250 |
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Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | NE | 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: | 17 |
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Date: | 19940305 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 140348 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 27.9N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 91.3W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 109 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 161 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 20 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
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Water Views: | DELTA, RIVER, CHANNEL |
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