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LOCATION Direction Photo #: STS066-90-86 Date: Nov. 1994
Geographic Region: USA-ARIZONA
Feature: GRAND CANYON,LAKE POWELL


IMAGE
 
STS066-090-086 Colorado River and Lake Powell, Arizona and Utah, U.S.A. November 1994
Featured in this southwest-looking, low-oblique photograph are Lake Powell and the southwest-flowing Colorado River that enters the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Visible are snow-covered Kaibab Plateau (top center), Rainbow Plateau, Monument Valley, and Black Mesa, somewhat discernible southeast of Lake Powell. Northwest of Lake Powell are Kaiparowits Plateau and Vermilion Cliffs. Snow-covered Navajo Mountain is apparent southeast of the confluence of the San Juan River and the Colorado River (near bottom center).


Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 342k
Mission: STS066  
Roll - Frame: 90 - 86
Geographical Name: USA-ARIZONA  
Features: GRAND CANYON,LAKE POWELL  
Center Lat x Lon: N x E
Film Exposure: N   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 5
 
Camera:: HB
 
Camera Tilt:   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 100  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction:   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: 34  
 
Date: 19941105   YYYYMMDD
Time: 185511   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 36.9N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 111.4W  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 176   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 163   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 37   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: PLATEAU  
Water Views: RIVER, LAKE  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views:  
City Views:  

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