Photo #: STS062-98-158 Date: Mar. 1994 Geographic Region: USA-CALIFORNIA Feature: MERCED, RES., AGRICULTURE, VALLEY |
STS062-098-158 San Joaquin Valley, Lake McClure, and Don Pedro Reservoir, California, U.S.A. March 1994 The agriculturally rich San Joaquin Valley is captured in this low-oblique, north-northeast-looking photograph. The boundary is distinct between agricultural field patterns of the valley and the grass- and scrub-covered alluvial fan, which becomes more tree covered as the altitude of the Sierra Nevada Mountains increases. Two large reservoirs--broader and more northerly Don Pedro Reservoir, fed and drained by the Tuolumne River, and narrower and more southerly Lake McClure, fed and drained by the Merced River--modify the valley's water flow for drinking water and crop irrigation. The higher Sierra Nevada Mountains are visible to the east. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 352k |
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Mission: | STS062 |
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Roll - Frame: | 98 - 158 |
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Geographical Name: | USA-CALIFORNIA |
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Features: | MERCED, RES., AGRICULTURE, VALLEY |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 37.5N x 120W |
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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: | 24 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
Camera Focal Length: | 250 |
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Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | SW | 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: | 130 |
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Date: | 19940312 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 163255 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 38.4N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 119.2W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 117 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 160 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 26 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
Land Views: | VALLEY, MOUNTAIN |
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Water Views: | LAKE |
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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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