Earth from Space - Image Information


LOCATION Direction Photo #: STS068-230-94 Date: Oct. 1994
Geographic Region: BRAZIL
Feature: SAND DEPOSITS, PT. MANGUE


IMAGE
 
STS068-230-094 Sand Dunes, Maranhão State, Brazil October 1994
This extensive sand dune region along the northeast coast of Brazil in the state of Maranhão measures more than 40 miles (65 kilometers) in length. These dunes, classified as a parabolic or blowout dune formation, usually form adjacent to beaches that have a large supply of sand and strong prevailing onshore winds. The dunes are gradually encroaching westward because of the prevailing easterly winds. The small city of Barreirinhas is barely visible on the eastern side of the Rio Preguiças. A sand bar and its northwestward development at the mouth of the Rio Preguiças result from the warm south equatorial current flowing northwestward along the northeast coast of Brazil.


Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 115k
Mission: STS068  
Roll - Frame: 230 - 94
Geographical Name: BRAZIL  
Features: SAND DEPOSITS, PT. MANGUE  
Center Lat x Lon: 2.5S x 42.5W
Film Exposure: N   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 0
 
Camera:: HB
 
Camera Tilt: 42   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 250  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: SE   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: 22  
 
Date: 19941001   YYYYMMDD
Time: 190319   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 1.1S  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 43.6W  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 267   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 119   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 25   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: COAST, DUNE  
Water Views: RIVER  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views:  
City Views:  

Photo is not associated with any sequences


NASA
Home Page
JSC
Home Page
JSC Digital
Image Collection
Earth Science &
Remote Sensing

NASA meatball logo
This service is provided by the International Space Station program and the JSC Earth Science & Remote Sensing Unit, ARES Division, Exploration Integration Science Directorate.
ESRS logo