Photo #: STS066-157-144 Date: Nov. 1994 Geographic Region: UZBEKISTAN Feature: DRY LAKE SW ARAL SEA |
STS066-157-144 Barsa-Kel'mes Salt Flat, Uzbekistan November 1994 Located southwest of the Aral Sea on the eastern Ustyurt Plateau, the Barsa-Kel'mes Salt Flat (bottom center) is visible in this near nadir-looking view. The salt flat, which at times is filled with a shallow pool of water, is ice-covered during this early winter scene. The unfrozen waters of the Sudoch'ye Salt Lake (darker feature) can be seen in the upper right portion of the image. The Ustyurt Plateau is a desert tableland of an eroded landscape of horizontally bedded sandstone that sits at an altitude of between 490 to 980 feet (150 to 300 meters). The plateau is located between the Caspian and Aral Seas. The plateau's semi-nomadic population raises sheep, goats, and camels. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 254k |
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Mission: | STS066 |
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Roll - Frame: | 157 - 144 |
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Geographical Name: | UZBEKISTAN |
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Features: | DRY LAKE SW ARAL SEA |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 43.5N x 57.5E |
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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:: | LH |
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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: | 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: | 74 |
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Date: | 19941108 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 071658 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 44.0N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 58.6E |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 171 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 161 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 29 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
Land Views: | PLATEAU |
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Water Views: | LAKE, PLAYA |
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Photo is not associated with any sequences |
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