Photo #: STS068-150-27 Date: Sep. 1994Geographic Region: USA-CALIFORNIA
Feature: COLORADO R, LAKE HAVASU
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Photo #: STS068-150-27 Date: Sep. 1994 Geographic Region: USA-CALIFORNIA Feature: COLORADO R, LAKE HAVASU |
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| STS068-150-027 Colorado River, Arizona, U.S.A. October 1994 A section of the Colorado River from north of Davis Dam to southwest of Parker Dam, an extensive area of the southwestern United States desert for which the Colorado River supplies much moisture, is featured in this photograph. Cultivated field patterns are visible north of Lake Havasu, where the width of the Colorado River floodplain is sufficient for agriculture. The two imposing mountain ranges on the California side of the Colorado River are the Whipple Mountains and Turtle Mountains. The Black Mountains, visible at the bottom center of the photograph, presented a highway engineering obstacle: Interstate Highway 40, which follows the route of the light, narrow, linear valley between the Black Mountains and the Mohave Mountains to the south, was required to make a loop around the southern end of the mountains. Three distinctive dry lakes near the top of the photograph are, from east to west, Danby, Cadiz, and Bristol. |
| Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 260k |
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| Mission: | STS068 |
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| Roll - Frame: | 150 - 27 |
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| Geographical Name: | USA-CALIFORNIA |
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| Features: | COLORADO R, LAKE HAVASU |
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| Center Lat x Lon: | 34.5N x 114.5W |
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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: | 43 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
| Camera Focal Length: | 250 |
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| Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | SW | 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: | 8 |
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| Date: | 19940930 | YYYYMMDD |
| Time: | 220813 | GMT HHMMSS |
| Nadir Lat: | 35.9N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Nadir Lon: | 113.3W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Sun Azimuth: | 234 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
| Space Craft Altitude: | 118 | nautical miles |
| Sun Elevation: | 35 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
| Land Views: | DESERT, MOUNTAIN |
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| Water Views: | RIVER, LAKE |
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| Atmosphere Views: | |
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| Man Made Views: | AGRICULTURE |
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| City Views: | |
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