Photo #: STS068-161-97 Date: Oct. 1994 Geographic Region: AUSTRALIA-WA Feature: GIBSON DES., CARNEGIE L. |
STS068-161-097 Lake Carnegie, Western Australia, Australia October 1994 The light colored, brownish looking area shows the general outline of Lake Carnegie, a dry lake located in the central part of Western Australia. This arid region is located southwest of the Gibson Desert and northwest of the Great Victoria Desert. The larger, dark brown features (right middle) are slightly elevated, more vegetated islands on the flat surface of the dry lakebed (or playa). A low range of hills, (darker, linear feature in the lower left quadrant), called the Von Treuer Tablelands, can be traced diagonally across part of the image. The eastern end of the Princess Range of mountains (darker, linear feature) is visible in the upper right quadrant of the image. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 238k |
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Mission: | STS068 |
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Roll - Frame: | 161 - 97 |
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Geographical Name: | AUSTRALIA-WA |
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Features: | GIBSON DES., CARNEGIE L. |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 26.5S x 123.0E |
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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:: | LH |
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Camera Tilt: | 40 | 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: | 127 |
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Date: | 19941008 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 063041 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 25.8S |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 124.4E |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 287 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 111 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 43 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
Land Views: | DESERT, MOUNTAIN |
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Water Views: | PLAYA |
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Photo is not associated with any sequences |
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