Photo #: STS068-229-7 Date: na 1994 Geographic Region: USA-ALASKA Feature: BRADY GLACIER, GLACIER BAY |
STS068-229-007 Brady Glacier and Glacier Bay, Alaska, U.S.A. October 1994 Several valley glaciers are apparent throughout Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, named for Glacier Bay, the water inlet that parallels the eastern coast of the peninsula. This national park has approximately 16 tidewater glaciers and is accessible by plane or boat from Juneau, 50 miles (81 kilometers) away. Brady Glacier, the most prominent glacier, extends in a generally north-south orientation to the southern end of the peninsula. Visible are numerous sediment plumes carrying fine-grained silt to the Gulf of Alaska to the west; Cross Sound, shown at the bottom of the photograph, that connects the Gulf of Alaska with Glacier Bay; and the snow-covered Fairweather Range along the coast that includes Mount Fairweather [elevation 15 300 feet (4663 meters) above sea level]. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 348k |
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Mission: | STS068 |
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Roll - Frame: | 229 - 7 |
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Geographical Name: | USA-ALASKA |
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Features: | BRADY GLACIER, GLACIER BAY |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 59.0N x 137W |
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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: | 5 |
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Camera:: | HB |
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Camera Tilt: | LO | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
Camera Focal Length: | 40 |
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Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West |
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Stereo?: | N | Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't |
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Date: | 1994____ | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | GMT HHMMSS |
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Nadir Lat: | N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | E |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
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Space Craft Altitude: | nautical miles |
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Sun Elevation: | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
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Land Views: | GLACIER, MOUNTAIN |
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Water Views: | BAY |
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