Photo #: STS062-98-161 Date: Mar. 1994 Geographic Region: USA-CALIFORNIA Feature: MONO LAKE, CATHEDRAL RA. |
STS062-098-161 Mono Lake, Sierra Nevada Mountains, and Excelsior Mountains, California, U.S.A. March 1994 The dark blue, saline waters of Mono Lake are featured in this low-oblique, northwest-looking photograph. Mono Lake, approximately 14 miles (23 kilometers) long and 9 miles (14 kilometers) wide, is fed by springs that rise through beds of saline sands. Visible are the snow-covered Sierra Nevada Mountains to the west and the Excelsior Mountains to the north and east. Because the lake has supplied water for the growing population of Los Angeles for the last 10 to 20 years, the ecosystem of the lake and its surrounding habitat are at risk if water conservation measures are not implemented. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 343k |
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Mission: | STS062 |
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Roll - Frame: | 98 - 161 |
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Geographical Name: | USA-CALIFORNIA |
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Features: | MONO LAKE, CATHEDRAL RA. |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 38.0N x 119W |
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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: | 28 | 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?: | 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: | 163315 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 38.2N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 117.6W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 118 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 160 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 27 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
Land Views: | MOUNTAIN |
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Water Views: | LAKE |
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Photo is not associated with any sequences |
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