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LOCATION Direction Photo #: STS066-124-29 Date: Nov. 1994
Geographic Region: USA-NEW MEXICO
Feature: ELEPHANT BUTTE RES, R.


IMAGE
 
STS066-124-029 Elephant Butte Reservoir, New Mexico, U.S.A. November 1994
Elephant Butte Reservoir, the largest reservoir of the Rio Grande in New Mexico, is featured in this photograph. Part of the Rio Grande Rift, the reservoir lies west of the San Andres Mountains and the Tularosa Basin. The reservoir provides water for irrigation in the nearby Rio Grande Valley and electricity for the region. To the reservoir's east are the Pinos Mountains and a broad valley, Jornada del Muerto; south of the reservoir is Truth or Consequences; and further south is smaller, elongated Caballo Reservoir, east of which are the Caballo Mountains.


Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 143k
Mission: STS066  
Roll - Frame: 124 - 29
Geographical Name: USA-NEW MEXICO  
Features: ELEPHANT BUTTE RES, R.  
Center Lat x Lon: 33.0N x 107W
Film Exposure: N   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 0
 
Camera:: HB
 
Camera Tilt: 18   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 100  
 
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: 112  
 
Date: 19941110   YYYYMMDD
Time: 162917   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 33.3N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 106.2W  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 141   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 158   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 30   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: MOUNTAIN, VALLEY  
Water Views: RESERVOIR, RIVER  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views:  
City Views:  

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