Photo #: STS066-80-11 Date: Nov. 1994 Geographic Region: MALAYSIA Feature: PENINSULA,FIELD PATTERNS |
STS066-080-011 Sabah, Malaysia November 1994 The color infrared image (green vegetation is portrayed as shades of red) dramatically shows where development has and is occurring on this northeast peninsula of Sabah, the second largest state of Malaysia (located on the island of Borneo). The Sulu (northeast) and Celebes (east) Seas separate this peninsula from several of the Philippine islands that are located east of Borneo. The darker terrain (deeper reds bottom half of image) shows a mixture of relatively flat, swampy, densely vegetated landscape along the north coast of the peninsula; while low, rainforest - covered mountains are visible near the lower right corner of the image. The lighter shades of red indicate where agricultural plantations have replaced the rainforests. The widely scattered, grayish-looking areas show where the land has been recently cleared, either for agricultural purposes or mining activities. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 323k |
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Mission: | STS066 |
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Roll - Frame: | 80 - 11 |
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Geographical Name: | MALAYSIA |
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Features: | PENINSULA,FIELD PATTERNS |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 5.0N x 119.0E |
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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: | 12 | 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?: | N | Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't |
Orbit Number: | 117 |
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Date: | 19941110 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 235234 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 5.2N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 119.5E |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 113 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 158 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 28 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
Land Views: | PENINSULA, FOREST |
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Water Views: | SEA, SWAMP |
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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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