Photo #: STS068-244-17 Date: Oct. 1994 Geographic Region: USA-CALIFORNIA Feature: SACRAMENTO V, CANALS,AGR |
STS068-244-017 Sacramento River, California, U.S.A. October 1994 The meandering Sacramento River, which flows north-northwest to south-southeast, is captured in this near-vertical photograph. Varied field patterns of the agriculturally rich Sacramento Valley are visible. Discernible are north-south-trending canals in the upper part of the photograph and southern Sutter Buttes in the upper left. Agricultural practices of this area include fruit and grain farming, dairy farming, and stock raising. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 368k |
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Mission: | STS068 |
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Roll - Frame: | 244 - 17 |
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Geographical Name: | USA-CALIFORNIA |
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Features: | SACRAMENTO V, CANALS,AGR |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 39.0N x 122W |
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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: | 18 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
Camera Focal Length: | 250 |
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Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | E | 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: | 104 |
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Date: | 19941006 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 201153 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 39.2N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 122.6W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 185 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 116 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 46 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
Land Views: | |
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Water Views: | RIVER |
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Atmosphere Views: | |
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Man Made Views: | AGRICULTURE |
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City Views: | |
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Photo is not associated with any sequences |
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